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Meaning of dodecaphonist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave

Equivalents

Deutsch Dodekaphonist

Français dodécaphoniste

Nederlands dodecafonist dodecaphonist

Examples

“The pioneering Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg was the leading dodecaphonist.”

“The schism between the dodecaphonists and the priests of tonality.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

dodecaphony dodecaploid dodecaploidization dodecapolis dodecarch dodecarchy