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ATONAL MUSIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

[A] music organized without reference to key or tonal center and using the tones of a chromatic scale impartially.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

La musique atonale résulte de l'emploi de l'atonalité comme élément de composition. L'atonalité [est] un système d'écriture qui remet en cause en profondeur les habitudes de composition traditionnelles et la théorie de la musique occidentale [...] Cette technique se caractérise par l'émancipation des dissonances et le rejet de toute hiérarchie tonale [...]

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