dodecaphonic

/ ˌdəʊdɛkəˈfɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the twelve-tone system of serial music

Derived Forms

• ˌdodecaˈphonism, noun
• ˌdodecaˈphony, noun

Example Sentences

As tends to be the case with pairings like this, Schubert comes out sounding more innovative; and Berg, who here doesn’t write with a wholesale use of dodecaphonic style, more reverential.

From New York Times

“That leads me very far afield, ranging from old-time traditional music, folk music, bluegrass, country, shape note singing, gospel music, the black tradition in church music, to the most astringent, acrid, dodecaphonic modern classical music that I regularly inflict on my poor unsuspecting audience, much to their chagrin.”

From The Guardian

“Agon” — black and white, with no more story than the complex, dodecaphonic music and tensely intricate dance design — still defines modern ballet.

From New York Times

Schoenberg was so sure his new dodecaphonic system would take off that he declared triumphantly, ‘I have made a discovery which will ensure the supremacy of German music for the next hundred years.’

From Literature

Tonality is only an episode in the story of western music, and someone who goes to a concert of dodecaphonic music can and should do so with the same expectations with which one would go to any other concert: to be moved, to be told a story.

From The Guardian