List of pieces which use the octatonic scale

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Compositions using the octatonic scale:

Piano Sonata Op. 28, slow movement, bars 71-7[1]
Échos de l'Orient judaïque (1879)[2]
"Chant à la lune", incidental music to Salammbô (1886)[3]
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5[1]
"Digital Veil" (2011)[4]
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Mov. II (1910)[6]
Sadko (1867)[7][8]
Piano Piece, Op. 23, no. 3 (1923)[9]
Symphony No. 8, 1st mvt., bars 13-20[1]
Prelude Op. 74 No. 3 (Scriabin) (1914)[7]
Octango (2005)
Petroushka (1911)[10][8]
The Rite of Spring (1913)[10][8]
Les Noces (1923)[11][8]
Symphony of Psalms (1930)[10]
Agon, "Pas de deux" (1957)[9]
"Just" (1995). The octaves in the intro/2nd part part of chorus played by Johnny Greenwood[clarification needed][citation needed]

Sources [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Van Der Merwe, Peter (2004). Roots of the Classical, p.228. ISBN 9780198166474.
  2. ^ Kahan, Sylvia (2009). In Search of New Scales, p.105&115. ISBN 9781580463058.
  3. ^ Kahan (2009), p.58.
  4. ^ Karan, Tim (May 3, 2011). "Track By Track: The Human Abstract", AltPress.com.
  5. ^ Keeling, Andrew (2007). King Crimson: Red: An Analysis by Andrew Keeling.
  6. ^ Antokoletz, Elliott (1984). The Music of Béla Bartók, p.12. ISBN 9780520067479.
  7. ^ a b Antokoletz (1984), p.10.
  8. ^ a b c d Kahan (2009), p.1.
  9. ^ a b Schuijer, Michiel (2008). Analyzing Atonal Music, p.13. ISBN 9781580462709.
  10. ^ a b c Chemistruck, Daniel (2006). Imposing Harmonic Restrictions on Symmetrical Scales, p.8.
  11. ^ Van Den Toorn, Pieter C. and McGinness, John (2012). Stravinsky and the Russian Period, p.43. ISBN 9781107021006.
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