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dodecaphony

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do·dec·a·phon·ic  (ddk--fnk)
adj.
Relating to, composed in, or consisting of twelve-tone music.
[Greek ddeka, twelve; see dodecagon + phon(o)-, tone, pitch + -ic.]
do·deca·phon·ist (d-dk-f-nst, dd-kf-) n.
do·deca·phony (d-dk-fn, dd-kf-), do·deca·phon·ism n.
dodecaphony, dodecaphonism
the composition of music employing the twelvetone scale. Also called dodecatonality, atonality. — dodecaphonist, n. — dodecaphonic, adj.
See also: Music


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Schoenberg's dodecaphony and the rejection of tonal hierarchies were the musical outgrowth of this deeper pathology.
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