Sheet music by Maurice Ohana

Maurice Ohana was a French composer. Ohana’s output includes the choral works Office des Oracles and Avoaha (1992), three string quartets (1963, 1980, 1989), and two suites for ten-string guitar: Si le jour paraît... (1963)and Cadran lunaire (1981-2), as well as a Tiento for six-string guitar (1957) .He also wrote operas entitled Syllabaire pour Phèdre and La Celestina. He is also known for his extensive use of microtonality; for example, third- and quarter-tones in pieces like Le Tombeau de Debussy and Si le jour paraît.... He was influenced by the use of microintervals in the cante jondo.