The second problem, an aesthetic one, was that of the emergence of 'thetwelve-tonesystem' as a major and practically universal preoccupation of composers of the day.
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To be fair, this modernist attitude is not limited to electroacoustics, sincetwelve-tonetheory was, in part, conceptualised to overthrow classical and romantic principles of composition.
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In this light, the history of thetwelve-tonetechnique, so often conveyed as essentially a question of style, can suddenly look, and maybe even sound, very different.
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In the strictest of forms i.e., thetwelve-toneform, she examines the human condition; the poetry is pitiless, yet redemptive.
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The pitch organisation is not based on atwelve-tonerow, but rather on a fourteen-note structure, organised into pairs of seven-note sets.
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All scales which have the deep scale property may be generated by any interval coprime with (intwelve-toneequal temperament) twelve.
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The composer engaged intensively with the latest tendencies in music, includingtwelve-tonemusic, atonality, serialism and aleatorics, but always rejected the straitjacket of dogmatism.
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His interest intwelve-tonetechnique was joined with musical-political engagement, though this was short-lived.
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As in alltwelve-tonemusic, there is a mathematical relationship between the prime, inverted, and retrograde series.
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Atwelve-toneanalysis of this piece shows some patterns of the style.
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Its components may be fixed with regard to order, in which event it may be employed, like thetwelve-toneset, in its literal transformations.
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Order is particularly important in the theories of compositional techniques originating in the 20th century such as thetwelve-tonetechnique and serialism.
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Intwelve-tonemusic, retrograde treatment of pitch is a commonplace, but rhythmic retrogrades are comparatively rare.
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This means that there are six distinct timbres reflecting the pitch structure, which divides thetwelve-tonerow into two symmetrical six-note cells.
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These pieces were all built on an orderedtwelve-tonerow, with the actual order often determined by chance.
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