twelve-tone music
[Eng.]
Music produced by a compositional procedure of the 20th century based upon the free use of all of the twelve tones of the chromatic scale without a central tone or tonic.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:
- Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25, I
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 40
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