dodecaphonicadj.
/ˌdəʊdɪkəˈfɒnɪk//dəʊˌdɛkəˈfɒnɪk/ Music.
Of, relating to, or using, the twelve-note system, a method of composition formulated by Arnold Schönberg.
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enharmonian1603
enharmonic1603
harmonical1603
enharmoniac1681
polytonic1892
quarter-tonal1912
atonal1922
polytonal1923
pandiatonic1937
tritonal1944
serial1947
dodecaphonic1950
pantonal1958
1950 L. O. Symkins in Etude Sept. 12 (title) Schœnberg's new world of dodecaphonic music.
1955 Oxf. Compan. Music (ed. 9) 698/1 All the twelve notes of the octave are employed in every composition, and all the notes are treated in such a way as to enjoy an equal footing... Theorists of the Schönberg school prefer to call his method not a chromatic one but ‘Dodecaphonic’.
Derivatives
doˈdecaphonism n. /ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪz(ə)m/
/ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪz(ə)m/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > style by tonal organization > specific
enharmonic1603
chromaticism1879
atonality1922
polytonality1923
bitonality1927
diatonism1927
atonalism1928
quarter-tonality1930
diatonicism1931
pentatonism1931
tritonality1931
pandiatonicism1937
microtonality1946
pantonality1946
dodecaphonism1951
dodecaphony1952
serialism1955
pentatonicism1958
minimalism1981
tonalism1990
1951 Musical Q. 37 95 We dislike Schœnbergism, atonalism, dodecaphonism, and the rest.
doˈdecaˌphony n. /ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪ//-ˌfəʊnɪ/ the twelve-note system.
/ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪ//-ˌfəʊnɪ/ the twelve-note system.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > style by tonal organization > specific
enharmonic1603
chromaticism1879
atonality1922
polytonality1923
bitonality1927
diatonism1927
atonalism1928
quarter-tonality1930
diatonicism1931
pentatonism1931
tritonality1931
pandiatonicism1937
microtonality1946
pantonality1946
dodecaphonism1951
dodecaphony1952
serialism1955
pentatonicism1958
minimalism1981
tonalism1990
1952 Musical Q. 38 604 Schollum's Second Sonata is in its combination of linearity, Romantic expressiveness, and dodecaphony a mixture of styles.
1955 Times 11 May 7/6 Dallapiccola's music, written before his conversion to dodecaphony, never failed to heighten the emotion.
1970 Daily Tel. 20 May 16/5 No amount of explaining could trace dodecaphony in Tippett's 2nd Symphony.
dodecaphonist n. /dəʊˈdɛkəfənɪst//ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪst/ a composer using this system.
/dəʊˈdɛkəfənɪst//ˌdəʊdɪˈkæfənɪst/ a composer using this system.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer by type of music
fuguist1789
symphonist1789
melodist1826
threnodist1827
instrumentalist1838
melophonist1847
polyphonist1864
musical dramatist1866
operettist1867
tone poet1874
orchestrator1875
French Impressionist1876
monodist1888
romantic1892
neoclassicist1899
orchestralist1899
variationist1900
mensuralist1901
tone-painter1903
impressionist1908
pre-Romantic1918
phrase-maker1924
polytonalist1925
atonalist1929
dodecaphonist1953
serialist1954
twelve-toner1955
miniaturist1962
minimalist1969
tonalist1982
1953 N.Y. Times 2 Feb. 18/8 Like the majority of dodecaphonists, he presents music governed by strict logic and organization.
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