English Explanatory Dictionary

serialism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Music, especially from the 20th century, in which themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale.

Word forms

serialism serialisms

Etymology

From serial + -ism. Calque of the German Reihenmusik.

Synonyms

serial music
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