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Serialism

In music, serialism is a method of composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though some of his contemporaries were also working to establish serialism as a form of post-tonal thinking. Twelve-tone technique orders the twelve notes…

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Theory of twelve-tone serial music

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related to Sources · 448
Serialism → Aesthetic Value, Aesthetics, Alan, Alfred, Allan, Also, American Jewish Music, Amsterdam, An Attempt, An Interview, Analytical Perspectives, Andrew, Annamaria Laserra, Anon, Another English, Anthology, Apprenticeship, Architecture, Archiv, Archived
related to Further reading · 205
Serialism → Abingdon, Aesthetic Foundations, Aesthetics, Alex, Alexander Goehr, Allen, An Introduction, André Souris, Anton Webern, Arts, Arved Ashbey, Aspekte, Atonal Music, Atonality, Barbara, Basic Atonal Theory, Berg, Berkeley, Between Modern, British Universities
related to Notable composers · 34
Serialism → ApIvorHans Erich ApostelKees, BaarenMilton BabbittTadeusz BairdOsvaldas BalakauskasDon, BanksJean BarraquéJürg BaurAlban BergGunnar, BergArthur BergerErik BergmanLuciano BerioKarl-Birger, BlomdahlKonrad BoehmerRob, BoisAndré BoucourechlievPierre BoulezMartin BoykanOle, BuckJacques CalonneNiccolò CastiglioniAldo ClementiSalvador, ContrerasAaron CoplandLuigi DallapiccolaFranco DonatoniHanns, EislerManuel EnríquezKarlheinz EsslFranco EvangelistiBrian, FerneyhoughJacobo FicherIrving FineWolfgang FortnerBenjamin, FrankelRoberto GerhardFrans GeysenMichael GielenAlberto, GinasteraLucien GoethalsKarel GoeyvaertsJerry GoldsmithHenryk, GóreckiGlenn GouldPelle Gudmundsen-HolmgreenCésar Guerra-PeixeLou, Hans AbrahamsenGilbert AmyLouis AndriessenDenis, HarrisonJonathan HarveyJosef Matthias HauerPaavo, HeininenHermann HeissHans Werner HenzeYork, HusaHanns JelinekBen JohnstonNikolai KaretnikovRudolf, HöllerHeinz HolligerBill HopkinsKlaus HuberKarel, KelterbornGottfried Michael KoenigJózef KofflerErnst, KrenekMeyer KupfermanRené LeibowitzIngvar LidholmWitold
related to After World War II · 29
Serialism → Along, Atonality, Babbitt's Three Compositions, Berg, Boulez, Composition, Europeans, Four Instruments, George Perle, He, John Cage's, Jésus, Karel Goeyvaerts, Messiaen, Milton Babbitt, Olivier Messiaen, Paris, Perle's, Piano, Schoenberg
related to Before World War II · 19
Serialism → After, American, Bach, Composers, Consequently, Debussy, Eisler, Europe, European, In, In Schoenberg's, Krenek, Liszt's Faust Symphony, Schoenberg, Strauss, This, Twelve-tone, Wolpe, World War II
related to Reactions to serialism · 18
Serialism → Boulez, Boulez's Le, Gruppen, He, II, In, Le, Nicolas Ruwet, One, Pousseur, Ruwet, Ruwet's, Some, Stockhausen's Klavierstücke, Stockhausen's Zeitmaße, This, Webern's, Zeitmaße
related to Non-twelve-tone serialism · 12
Serialism → For, Formel, Goeyvaerts's Nummer, Henri Pousseur, Josef Matthias Hauer, Kreuzspiel, Rules, Sept Versets, Stockhausen's, The, Trois Chants, Zwölftonspiel
related to Twelve-tone serialism · 10
Serialism → Composing, It, Other, Schoenberg, Serial, Such, The, The Method, Twelve Notes, Webernian
related to Basic definitions · 3
Serialism → It, Neither, Weltanschauung
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Serialism → method of composition using series of pitches, use of series for aspects such as duration

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music serial isbn new series de composition row used twelve-tone musical press also set university stockhausen composers technique edited york

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Serialismis amethod of composition using series of pitches0.90text
Serialismis ause of series for aspects such as duration0.90text
durationinstance ofand the musical concept has also been adapted in literature.Integral serialism or total serialism is the use of series for aspects0.80text
dynamicsinstance ofand the musical concept has also been adapted in literature.Integral serialism or total serialism is the use of series for aspects0.80text
and register as well as pitchinstance ofand the musical concept has also been adapted in literature.Integral serialism or total serialism is the use of series for aspects0.80text
Arnold Schoenberginstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Anton Weberninstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Alban Berginstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Karlheinz Stockhauseninstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Pierre Boulezinstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Luigi Nonoinstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text
Milton Babbittinstance ofare general serialism and multiple serialism.Composers0.80text

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