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twelve-tone

of, relating to, or denoting the type of serial music invented and developed by Arnold Schoenberg, which uses as musical material a tone row formed by the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, together with its inverted and retrograde versions. The technique has been applied in various ways by different composers and usually results in music in which there are few, if any, tonal centres

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No references found			Here he surprises us with his humour and rarely heard ability to incorporate elements of jazz into twelve-tone composition technique. Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra nos. 1, H 196 by Stehlik, Lubos / Czech Music This edition, which is a reprint from 1964, has discussion of developments of newer musical techniques such as neoclassicism and the twelve-tone system, and an expanded bibliography and chronology. One hundred years of music; after Beethoven and Wagner, 3d ed. ... by Reference & Research Book News Karl V" -- reputedly the first evening-length opera using the twelve-tone technique developed by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) -- tells the life story of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, in the form of flashbacks. Bregenz Festival excavates long-forgotten Krenek opera by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Tweedsmuir Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron tweening tweeple tweet tweeter Tweetie tweeting tweetup Twelfth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Communist Party Twelfth All-Russian Congress of Soviets Twelfth Congress of the Russian Communist Party Bolshevik Twelfth Day twelfth man Twelfth Night twelve Twelve Apostles Twelve Articles of Prague Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants Twelve Days of Christmas Twelve Labors of Hercules Twelve Tables Twelve Tables, Law of the twelve-color problem twelve-over-twelve twelve-tone twelve-tone music TWENEX Twenhofel, William Henry Twente Compiler Generator System Twentel Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union twenty Twenty-First Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park Twenty-Fourth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union twenty-nine feature twenty-one Twenty-one Demands Twenty-One Demands of Japan Twenty-One Terms Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Twenty-Sixth of July Movement Twenty-Third Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Twenty-Two Bolsheviks, Convocation of Twi Twickenham twiddle twig Twig Fodder			Twelve Tables, Law of the Twelve tone equal temperament Twelve tone equal temperament Twelve Tribes Twelve Tribes Live Up Twelve Tribes of Israel Twelve Tribes of Israel Twelve Visions Party Twelve Year Planetary Ephemeris twelve-color problem Twelve-Five Standard Security Program twelve-inch Twelve-men's morris twelve-mile limit Twelve-note Twelve-note twelve-over-twelve twelve-over-twelve twelve-sided twelve-step Twelve-step club Twelve-step program Twelve-step programme Twelve-step programs twelve-stepped twelve-stepper twelve-steppers twelve-steps twelve-tone Twelve-tone equal temperament Twelve-tone equal temperament Twelve-tone equal temperament twelve-tone music twelve-tone music Twelve-tone scale Twelve-tone scale twelve-tone system Twelve-tone technique Twelve-tone technique twelvefold twelvemo twelvemonth twelvemonths twelvemos Twelvepence Twelvepenny twelvepenny nail Twelvers twelves twelves Twelvescore Twelvetide TWEM TWEMP TWEN Twenex Twenhofel, William Henry Twente Compiler Generator System Twente Compiler Generator System

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