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Sequenzas I-XIV
″Dream of Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie Fantastique. The violins play col legno, striking the wood of their bows on the strings.
The Serpent's Kiss piano rag from the Garden of Eden suite (requires the pianist to slap the piano, stamp their feet and click their tongue to emphasise the piece's syncopated rhythm)
prepared piano pieces (1938)
One8 (1991), for curved bow
Tides of Manaunaun (1915), large tone-clusters
The Banshee, Aeolian Harp, and Sinister Resonance, played inside the piano
Black Angels, extended string techniques, including bowing with glass rods
Makrokosmos (1972), prepared and amplified piano
Vox Balaenae (1971), harmonic glissando (gull effect)
Miqi'nahual (1993) from his modular composition Doloritas (1992), stringed instrument with two right hand bows
Più Mesto (2003), for 2-bow cello
Rosenleben (2006), for clarinet, cello and piano
Lauda (2009), cello concerto (for Anssi Karttunen)
En la soledat i el silenci (2008), for hyper-tempered koto and guitar
Boethius (2008), for biwa
String quartets
Imaginings (1994), stringed instrument with two right hand bows
El Cimarrón, which requires the baritone soloist to laugh, whistle, shout, scream and use falsetto
″Mars, Bringer of War" from The Planets. The strings play col legno, striking the wood of their bows on the strings.
Concord Sonata, use of a 14 3/4 inch long piece of wood to create a cluster chord
Holophony, for amplified string quartet. Scream sounds, duck sounds, saw sounds, reversed attack, energy control, oscillations.
Paranormal, for three amplified snaredrums. Wire brushes (Jazz rake, Dreadlock), metallic sweeping, granular sound, strumming, friction, slap.
Piece with Clocks, for prepared guitar using cork, matches and a foam mute
The Prince's Toys - Suite for Guitar, cross string "snare" technique, string scraped with thumbnail, percussion (striking of the guitar), playing behind the nut or saddle
Aventures
Nouvelles Aventures
Études pour piano: Toches bloquées, piano keys are depressed (blocked) by one hand and 'played' by another, thus not sounding but creating a sound gap.
Anaklasis (1959), extended string techniques
Polymorphia (1961), extended string techniques
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960), extended string techniques
Metal Machine Music, album made completely with audio feedback of guitars
Ogoun Badagris (1976), for 5 percussionists, innovative percussion techniques
Ku-Ka-Ilimoku (1978), for 4 percussionists, innovative percussion techniques
Rotae Passionis (1982), for small ensemble, woodwinds and piano double on percussion, extended percussion, flute and clarinet techniques
Bonham (1988), for 8 percussionists
Rouse makes constant use of extended techniques for percussion and other instruments
For Magister Zacharias, the mechanism of lifting the dampers without the hammers touching the keys is highly-amplified
Gurrelieder (1911), and
Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21 (1912) which make the use of sprechstimme
The World Looks Red (on Confusion is Sex) on which Lee Ranaldo plays 3rd Bridge guitar
Flute Concerto No.1, Op.17 for Flute and Orchestra (2004-2006), and
Violin Concerto No.1, Op.17b for Violin and Orchestra (2004-2006): both works make use of glissando in both the flute and violin as well as string harmonics
Nomos Alpha (1966), for solo cello, uses harmonic glissando
Chronos Kristalla (1990), for string quartet using a special tuning and only natural harmonics
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