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atonality

A-toe-NAL-li-tee

[English]

Music without tonality, or music that is centered around no central key or scale. The term was first used to describe certain compositions by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton von Webern, and Alban Berg. Schoenberg's term was pantonal.


Example


Arnold Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25, I


Karlheinz Stockhausen: Model 4: USI-AFU (Tenor)



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