Dodecaphonist Definition

noun

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

The pioneering Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg was the leading dodecaphonist.
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Singular:
dodecaphonist
Plural:
dodecaphonists

Origin of Dodecaphonist

  • International artificial word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dódeka, “twelve”) + φωνή (phonè, “sound”) + -ist, recorded in English since 1953, presumably modeled on German Dodekaphonist.

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