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About Twelve-tone technique
Twelve-tone technique is a music genre in the 1920s. It is usually classed as a form of serialist technique and modern classical music.
Well-known performers associated with it include Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Luigi Dallapiccola.
From Wikipedia
The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition. The technique is a means of ensuring that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded equally often in a piece of music while preventing the emphasis of any one note through the use of tone rows, orderings of the 12 pitch classes. All 12 notes are thus given more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in a key.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Twelve-tone technique.
- ↑ serialist technique
- ↑ modern classical music
Key artists
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Alban Berg
- Luigi Dallapiccola
Frequently asked questions
What is Twelve-tone technique?
Twelve-tone technique is a music genre in the 1920s. It is usually classed as a form of serialist technique and modern classical music.
Where and when did Twelve-tone technique originate?
Twelve-tone technique originated in the 1920s.
Who are famous Twelve-tone technique artists?
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Luigi Dallapiccola.
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q221686 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Twelve-tone technique – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Passion and Choice by jswxdzc – CC BY-SA 4.0