twelve-tone row
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of twelve-tone row
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Yet Ruggles had no use for the strict twelve-tone row, which he called "a dog chasing its tail."
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole of Lulu is based on a single twelve-tone row, which is Lulu's theme.
From Time Magazine Archive
Talma's score, which frequently employed the twelve-tone row, was aglow with curving lyric lines but avoided any hint of romantic lushness, was sometimes reminiscent of Stravinsky.
From Time Magazine Archive
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