| LC control no. | sh 98000308 |
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| Topical heading | Serialism (Music) |
| Variant(s) | Serial composition (Music) Total serialism (Music) |
| See also | Composition (Music) |
| Found in | 89026067: Schoffman, N. From chords to simultaneities : chordal indeterminacy and the failure of serialism, 1990. Vinton, J. Dict. of contemp. music, c1974 (Serialism) New Harvard dict. of music, 1986 (Serial music: music constructed according to permutations of a group of elements played in a certain order or series...pitches, durations or virtually any other musical values) New Grove (Serialism) Griffiths, P. Thames and Hudson encyc. of 20th cent. music, 1986 (Serialism) New Grove dict. of mus. online, Sept. 6, 2002 (method of composition in which a fixed permutation, or series, of elements is referential; most commonly the elements arranged in the series are the 12 notes of the equal-tempered scale; sometimes extended to elements other than pitch, notably duration, dynamics and timbre; also, total serialism, serial procedures applied to other sound aspects (dynamics, tempo, timbre/attack/instrumentation etc.)) |
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