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Twelve-tone technique
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The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition. The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of th
Arnold Schoenberg, inventor of the twelve-tone technique
Arnold Schoenberg, inventor of the twelve-tone technique
Alban Berg
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Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small
Twelve-tone technique
…twelve tones to be played repeatedly. The method was used during the next twenty years almost exclusively by the composers of the Second Viennese School—Alban Berg, Anton Webern, and Schoenberg himself. However, another important composer in this period, Elisabeth Lutyens, wrote over 50 pieces using the serial…
Berg c. 1930
Berg c. 1930
Watschenkonzert [slapping concert], caricature in Die Zeit [de] (Vienna), 6 April 1913
Watschenkonzert [slapping concert], caricature in Die Zeit [de] (Vienna), 6 April 1913
Sketch of Berg by Emil Stumpp
Sketch of Berg by Emil Stumpp
Bust of Berg at Schiefling am See, Carinthia, Austria
Bust of Berg at Schiefling am See, Carinthia, Austria