| 单词 | twelve-tone |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwelve-tone twelve-tone n. Music (attributive) of the technique of musical composition developed by Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951): using the twelve notes of the chromatic scale so that none is dominant, as opposed to basing composition on the seven notes of the diatonic scale; cf. note-row n., note-series n. at note n.2 Compounds 2, serial adj. 8, tone-row n. at tone n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales chromatic1603 octachordala1661 octachord1761 hendecachordal1842 tritonous1847 pentatonic1864 pentaphonic1881 melodic1889 heptatonic1890 gapped1910 twelve-tone1926 twelve-note1928 hexatonic1930 octatonic1963 1923 A. Schoenberg Let. 1 Dec. in Briefe (1958) 108 Mir handelt es sich ausgesprochen dabei um gar keine anderen Theorien, als um die Methoden der ‘Komposition mit 12 Tönen’, wie ich das—nach vielen Irrtümern und Abschweifungen—heute (hoffentlich endgültig) nenne.] 1926 Mod. Music Mar.–Apr. 6 He (sc. Schoenberg), too, is convinced that no tone of the twelve tone system should dominate and that the new structural elements should be sought in sequence of twelve tones. 1956 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute (1957) 58 A Geist whose music was composed from Angst, at International Festivals enjoys An equal status with the Twelve-Tone Boys. 1980 Times 4 Sept. 12/5 There was an almost missionary zeal in the Schoenberg circle to spread the Twelve-Tone gospel of the master. < as lemmas |
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