polytonality
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Origin of polytonality
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A silent gaze, like white light being all colors, divulges all things in polyrhythms and polytonality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
It might be closer to call what he was doing polytonality rather than atonality.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
As for Charlap and Rosnes, the contrast between his swinging, bebop precision and her splayed, pulsing polytonality is a special treat.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2011
The harmony is traditional; no influences of atonality or polytonality can be found.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2011
Indeed he did, and as a virtual recluse who had never heard a note of Schoenberg, he set down his inner music, delving into dissonance and polytonality in 1916.
From Time Magazine Archive
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