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polytonality::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | polytonalism |
| Type of | music |
| Derivation | polytonal |
Examples of polytonality
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Charles Ives used not only polytonality in his chamber works, but also polymeter.
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Williams combined polytonality and the Lydian mode to express a mystic, dreamlike and heroic quality.
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His technique included the use of polytonality, polyrhythm, tone clusters, aleatoric elements, and quarter tones.
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Polytonality figures prominently in the major operas as a mechanism for manifesting the interaction between characters.
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For the musical term, see polytonality.
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Hints of jazz or riffs on Beethoven often peek through dense canvases rich in polytonality, rhythmic complexity and thematic layering.
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Darius Milhaud developed the use of polytonality, that is, music where different instruments play in different keys at the same time.
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Rather than simply set the melodies in an orchestral setting, Mosolov used dense textures and polytonality that disregarded the style of socialist realism.
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Williams took a modernist approach, especially with his use of polytonality, which refers to the sound of two different keys played simultaneously.
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- Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
- (polytonal) using more than one key or tonality simultaneously; "exciting rhythms and polytonal harmonies"
- The use of two different keys simultaneously. Despite much loose talk, true polytonality is rare. Upper structures (q.v.) and outside playing do not usually qualify because there is always a strong single underlying tonality.
- The use of two or more keys simultaneously. Employed by Stravinsky, Holst and Milhaud. When only two keys are used, this is referred to as bitonality.
