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PRONUNCIATION OF TWELVE-TONE

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WHAT DOES TWELVE-TONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

twelve-tone

Twelve-tone technique

Twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg. The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any one note through the use of tone rows, orderings of the 12 pitch classes. All 12 notes are thus given more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in a key. The technique was influential on composers in the mid-20th century. Schoenberg himself described the system as a "Method of composing with twelve tones which are related only with one another". It is commonly considered a form of serialism. Schoenberg's countryman and contemporary Josef Matthias Hauer also developed a similar system using unordered hexachords or tropes—but with no connection to Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. Other composers have created systematic use of the chromatic scale, but Schoenberg's method is considered to be historically and aesthetically most significant.

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Synonyms and antonyms of twelve-tone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «twelve-tone» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

十二音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dodecafónica
570 millions of speakers

English

twelve-tone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बारह स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اثني عشر نغمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двенадцать - тон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dodecafônica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বারো স্বন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dodécaphonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua belas nada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwölfton-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

12音の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

열두 톤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rolas-nada
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mười hai tông màu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்னிரண்டு தொனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बारा-टोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oniki ton
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dodecafonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwunastotonowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дванадцять -тон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doisprezece - ton
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

δωδεκαφθογγισμό
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

twaalf toon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tolvtons
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tolvtone
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWELVE-TONE»

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Twelve-tone Tonality
In this classic work, George Perle argues that the seemingly disparate styles of post-triadic music in fact share common structural elements.
George Perle, 1977
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A Theoretical Investigation of Twelve-tone Rows, Harmonic ...
Chapter 5 explores some of the historical relationships between Ginastera's techniques and those of several other prominent composers.
Christopher Anderson Fobes, 2006
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The Twelve-tone Music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Reveals the great twentieth-century Italian composer's innovative handling of harmony, form, and text setting.
Brian Alegant, 2010
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From Musical Folklore to Twelve-tone Technique: Memoirs of a ...
"His reports of encounters with such composers as Taneyev, Glazunov, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Frommel, and David, and his thorough discussion of tonal systems and compositional methods reflect the approach and critical response to ...
Georg von Albrecht, Elliott Antokoletz, 2004
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Luigi Dallapiccola's First Twelve-tone Work: An Analytical ...
This paper examines the melodic, harmonic, and formal outcomes of the incorporation of twelve-tone techniques in the Cinque Frammenti, also noting the setting of text in each movement and motivic cells that help to make the work cohere.
Julie Crosson, 2007
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Schoenberg's Serial Odyssey: The Evolution of His ...
Drawing upon Schoenberg's papers, sketches, and manuscripts, as well as his scores, this book traces the development of his twelve-tone serial idea from its rudimentary beginnings in 1914 to the highly refined works of his mature period.
Ethan Haimo, 1992
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Twelve-Tone Music in America
This 2009 book investigates the important role twelve-tone composition has played in American music from 1927 to the present day.
Joseph N. Straus, 2014
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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
JOHN COVACH As scholars begin to gain a sense of historical perspective on art music in the twentieth century, it seems clear that the introduction and development of twelve-tone compositional procedures will remain one of the cardinal ...
Thomas Christensen, 2002
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Twelve-tone Writing in the Piano Music of Ben Weber ...
ABSTRACT TWELVE-TONE WRITING IN THE PIANO MUSIC OF BEN WEBER ( 1916-1979) by JEEYOUNG SON Advisor: Professor Joseph N. Straus The purpose of this research is to find out through detailed analytical studies, Ben Weber's ...
Jeeyoung Son, 2008
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Shostakovich and His World
Throughout the 1950s and well into the 1960s, Shostakovich's public pronouncements on twelve-tone music were predictably and doggedly negative, wholly in keeping with the official Soviet line on dodecaphony. Such was the case with the ...
Laurel E. Fay, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWELVE-TONE»

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Review: West Edge Opera mounts a marvelous 'Lulu' and an …
Berg's twelve-tone score might not be for all tastes, but in this conductor's hands, its lyric beauties came strikingly to the fore. Advertisement. Heading a strong ... «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»
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West Edge makes a brilliant case for 'Lulu'
It falls to the soprano to bridge that gap — to uncover the gleaming sensuality that lies just below the surface of Berg's twelve-tone musical language — and ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
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6 Facts About Nam June Paik on His Birthday
He wrote his thesis on Modernist composer Arnold Schoenberg, the inventor of the twelve-tone system. 2. John Cage initiated his career as a conceptual artist. «artnet News, Jul 15»
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Book Review Philip Glass
'In the late 1950s and early 1960s, composers had to make a big decision, whether they were going to write twelve-tone music or tonal music.' As a student at ... «Sinfini Music, Jul 15»
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Review: International Contemporary Ensemble Weaves Among …
Twelve-tone equal temperament, the tuning system by which an octave is subdivided into equidistant semitones, may still be the standard in Western concert ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Artist Spotlight: Tania León
When I was starting I was rooted in trying the different techniques of the time—mainly the twelve-tone technique and serialism—so I tried everything and did ... «Harvard Crimson, Apr 15»
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Elena Ruehr's opera “Cassandra in the Temples” premieres this …
Later on, Ruehr got interested in two divergent musical ideas, twelve-tone music and minimalism, whose characteristics still have an impact on Ruehr's music. «The MIT Tech, Nov 14»
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Manliness In Music: The XY Hits The Hi-Fi
Twelve-tone music has given way to more audience-friendly styles. Rock, too, has gotten softer and more introspective with age. And ideas about manliness may ... «NPR, Sep 14»
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Not just Beethoven and Brahms: Music and Beyond puts …
The pieces: Twelve-Tone Rag; Élégie automnale. The composer: Ottawa sax player Victor Herbiet, who will also perform the pieces, accompanied by pianist ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 14»
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Emerson Quartet delves deeply into late Shostakovich at Tanglewood
12 show a composer experimenting with chromatic writing on the very edge of twelve-tone technique. Tonality prevails as the music settles, fitfully, into D-flat. «Boston Classical Review, Jul 14»

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