a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)
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twelve-tone system::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | 12-tone music, 12-tone system, twelve-tone music |
| Type of | serial music, serialism |
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twelve-tone system
The quarter-comma meantone tuning system uses a similar sequence of fifths to produce a twelve tone scale.
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They used Schoenberg's twelve-tone system to rework the old, large-scale forms of Wagner and Brahms.
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The piece adapted the twelve-tone system as a ten-note row, reserving the last two notes as a tonal resolution and anchor.
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Arnold Schoenberg developed the serial, or twelve-tone, method of composition as an alternative to the structure provided by the diatonic system.
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A leading Modernist composer and the deviser of the twelve-tone system, Schoenberg began his operatic career with the Expressionist monodrama Erwartung.
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Lulu, in particular, packed traditional operatic emotion and drama into the most advanced of forms, the twelve-tone system devised by Berg's teacher, Arnold Schoenberg.
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