About Serialism
Serialism is a music genre in the 1920s. It is usually classed as a form of modern classical music.
Artists closely associated with the genre include Arnold Schoenberg and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
From Wikipedia
In music, serialism is a method of composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though some of his contemporaries were also working to establish serialism as a form of post-tonal thinking. Twelve-tone technique orders the twelve notes of the chromatic scale, forming a row or series and providing a unifying basis for a composition's melody, harmony, structural progressions, and variations. Other types of serialism also work with sets, collections of objects, but not necessarily with fixed-order series, and extend the technique to other musical dimensions (often called "parameters"), such as duration, dynamics, and timbre.
The idea of serialism is also applied in various ways in the visual arts, design, and architecture, and the musical concept has also been adapted in literature.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Serialism.
- ↑ modern classical music
Key artists
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
Frequently asked questions
What is Serialism?
Serialism is a music genre in the 1920s. It is usually classed as a form of modern classical music.
Where and when did Serialism originate?
Serialism originated in the 1920s.
Who are famous Serialism artists?
Arnold Schoenberg and Karlheinz Stockhausen.