twelve-tone music

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A body of musical compositions created since the early part of the 20th century created using the twelve-tone system attributed to Arnold Schoenberg. Generally twelve-tone music is considered a subset of serial music, but there is some disagreement on this.
twelve-tone music
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024