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serialism

[ UK /sˈi‍əɹɪəlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition

How To Use serialism In A Sentence

  • Even in the atonal phase, before he adopted serialism, he presented obstacles for his listeners.
  • Thus the rigorous intellectualism of serialism and the freedom of aleatoric processes are not paradoxical, but stem from the same mindset.
  • The conclusion this dissertation has reached is that Stockhausen never in his creative career abandoned serialism, largely due to his ideas about music.
  • Minimalist music developed in the U.S. during the 1960s as an alternative to the complexities of academic serialism on the one hand, and "chance" music on the other. P
  • At the same time he was rapidly developing his musical style on the basis of Schoenberg's serialism, the rhythmic methods of Stravinsky and Messiaen, and Webern's tightly integrated approach to composition.
  • The emphasis is on Webern's influence in America — serialism, pointillism, miniaturism. Archive 2006-11-01
  • The opening of the Sonata's first movement, for example, blends serialism and passacaglia in a way prefigured in the opera's final scene.
  • This work, written in 1975, is closely derived from the slow movement of Rochberg's Third String Quartet - an important signpost in the composer's movement away from serialism.
  • He had bequeathed an enormous legacy, and had cast a great influence over 20th century music, with many composers having at least experimented with note rows and serialism even if they were not totally immersed in these techniques.
  • And as an artist he was unclassifiable: one moment there would be traces of serialism, the next a frivilous meoldy. Times, Sunday Times
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