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twelve-tone row
[ roh ]
Word History and Origins
Origin of twelve-tone row1
Example Sentences
The whole of Lulu is based on a single twelve-tone row, which is Lulu's theme.
Yet Ruggles had no use for the strict twelve-tone row, which he called "a dog chasing its tail."
But for the most part, he did amazingly well, and his new work�an uninhibited, brightly colored score built around a twelve-tone row�made a handsome impression on the Londoners in the audience, who applauded tumultuously for ten minutes in the obvious belief that they had witnessed a very special kind of event.
Talma's score, which frequently employed the twelve-tone row, was aglow with curving lyric lines but avoided any hint of romantic lushness, was sometimes reminiscent of Stravinsky.
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