dodecaphonist

See also Dodekaphonist, and dodekafonist

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

dodecaphonist (plural dodecaphonists)

1. (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.

Translations

proponent of dodecaphony

• Dutch: dodecafonist m (obsolete: dodecaphonist)
• French: dodécaphoniste (fr) m and f

• German: Dodekaphonist m

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• dodecafonist

Etymology

International artificial word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dódeka, “twelve”) + φωνή (phonè, “sound”) + -ist, presumlably modeled on German Dodekaphonist.

Noun

dodecaphonist m (plural dodecaphonisten, diminutive dodecaphonistje)

1. (music) An obsolete form of dodecafonist: dodecaphonist, practicioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave