dodecaphonist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]International word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ist, recorded in English since 1953, presumably modeled on German Dodekaphonist.
Noun
[edit]dodecaphonist (plural dodecaphonists)
- (music) A practitioner 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.
- 1984 April 14, Richard Knisely, “Quintessential Narcissism”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
- The schism between the dodecaphonists and the priests of tonality.
Translations
[edit]proponent of dodecaphony
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Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: do‧de‧ca‧pho‧nist
Noun
[edit]dodecaphonist m (plural dodecaphonisten)
- Archaic spelling of dodecafonist.