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dodecaphonism

American  
[doh-dek-uh-fuh-niz-uhm, doh-di-kaf-uh-] / doʊˈdɛk ə fəˌnɪz əm, ˌdoʊ dɪˈkæf ə- /
Also dodecaphony

noun

  1. musical composition using the 12-tone technique.


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Etymology

Origin of dodecaphonism

First recorded in 1950–55; dodeca- + -phone + -ism

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What the composer offered instead was music that verged on dodecaphonism, darkly illuminating a libretto that made the bitter story of Montezuma's defeat by Cortes a parable of good intentions gone astray.

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