Many composers in the contemporary period sought alternatives to tonality, or key-centered music. Which of the following is one such alternative?

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Ben Ewing

6 October, 23:12

Many composers in the contemporary period sought alternatives to tonality, or key-centered music. Which of the following is one such alternative?

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Amara Nicholson · Answer 1

Serialism. In music, Serialism is a method of composition using series of pitches, rhythms, dynamics, timbres or other musical elements. Serialism began with 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.

Celeste · Answer 2

Serialism

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Serialism is a harmonic method whereby a defined sequence of notes, in particular twelve notes of a chromatic scale, are used to produce the harmonic and melodic basis of a piece and are subject to alteration only in particular ways.

Arnold Schoenberg's first full-serial moves appeared in plays in 1923.