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:
dodecaphonistsOrigin of Dodecaphonist
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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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