List of pieces which use polytonality

Mikrokosmos Volume 5 number 125: The opening (mm. 1-14) of "Boating", (actually bimodality) in which the right hand uses pitches of the pentatonic scale on Eb and the left hand uses those of either G mixolydian or dorian:

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Ludwig van Beethoven (Reti, 1958)

Eroica Symphony, in the horns and strings four measures before the recapitulatoin in the first movement (Reti, 1958)

Piano Sonata, op. 81a (Les Adieux), near the end of the first movement (Reti, 1958)

Piano Sonata, op. 31, No. 2, in the development (Reti, 1958)

Ferruccio Busoni (Reti, 1958)

Frederic Chopin (Reti, 1958)

Philip Glass

Symphony No. 2, used for ambiguity

Charles Ives

Variations on America (1891), polytonal interludes added 1909-1910

Gustav Mahler (Reti, 1958)

Darius Milhaud (Reti, 1958)

Scaramouche, in the first movement "Vif" (AllClassicalGuide (http://www.allclassical.com))

Mozart

Ein musikalischer Spass (Reti, 1958)

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Hans Newsidler (1508-1563)

? (Reti, 1958, cites Harvard Dictionary of Music's article "Polytonality")

Richard Strauss (Reti, 1958)

Igor Stravinsky (Reti, 1958)

Petrushka, opening fanfare

Richard Wagner (Reti, 1958)
This list is incomplete.

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Source

Reti, Rudolph (1958). Tonality, Atonality, Pantonality: A study of some trends in twentieth century music. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313204780.

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List of pieces which use polytonality

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