twelve-tone system

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twelve-tone system - 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)

12-tone music, 12-tone system, twelve-tone music

serial music, serialism - 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition

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12-tone music 12-tone system dodecaphonic serial music serialism twelve-tone music			This edition, which is a reprint from 1964, has discussion of developments of newer musical techniques such as neoclassicism and the twelve-tone system, and an expanded bibliography and chronology. One hundred years of music; after Beethoven and Wagner, 3d ed. ... by Reference & Research Book News Novak wrote his dozen Inventions in the twelve-tone system in 1960 for the Brno harpsichord player Hana Slapetova--with explanatory and also almost onomatopoeic and witty subtitles in Latin (the composer was famous for being an ardent Latinist). Monika Knoblochova Inventions by Slimackova, Jana / Czech Music Rorem is not shy about stating his opinions: he tries the twelve-tone system "for about a week," and he questions the praise heaped on 1970's icons Sweeney Todd, Woody Allen movies, and Beverley Sills, describing all three as "okay, but not that okay. The well-tempered life story by Burr, Daniel A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide			tweezer tweezers twelfth twelfth cranial nerve Twelfth Day twelfth man Twelfth Night twelfth part Twelfth-cake Twelfth-day Twelfth-night Twelfth-second Twelfthtide twelve twelve noon twelve pitch Twelve Tables Twelve Tribes of Israel twelve-inch Twelve-men's morris twelve-mile limit twelve-sided twelve-step twelve-tone twelve-tone music twelve-tone system twelvemo twelvemonth Twelvepence Twelvepenny twelvepenny nail Twelvescore twenties twentieth twentieth century twenty twenty dollar bill twenty percent twenty-eight twenty-eighth twenty-fifth twenty-first twenty-five twenty-five percent twenty-four twenty-four hour period twenty-four hours twenty-four-seven Twenty-fourmo twenty-fourth twenty-nine			Twelve Visions Party Twelve Year Planetary Ephemeris twelve-color problem Twelve-Five Standard Security Program twelve-inch Twelve-men's morris twelve-mile limit Twelve-note Twelve-note twelve-over-twelve twelve-over-twelve twelve-sided twelve-step Twelve-step club Twelve-step program Twelve-step programme Twelve-step programs twelve-stepped twelve-stepper twelve-steppers twelve-steps twelve-tone twelve-tone Twelve-tone equal temperament Twelve-tone equal temperament Twelve-tone equal temperament twelve-tone music twelve-tone music Twelve-tone scale Twelve-tone scale twelve-tone system Twelve-tone technique Twelve-tone technique twelvefold twelvemo twelvemonth twelvemonths twelvemos Twelvepence Twelvepenny twelvepenny nail Twelvers twelves twelves Twelvescore Twelvetide TWEM TWEMP TWEN Twenex Twenhofel, William Henry Twente Compiler Generator System Twente Compiler Generator System Twente Organizational Communication Model Twente Research and Education on Software Engineering Twente Workshop on Language Technology Twentel

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