serial composition
C20394
concept
Serial composition is a method of musical organization that arranges a fixed sequence of elements (such as pitches, rhythms, or dynamics) into ordered series that govern the structure of a piece.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| serial composition canonical | 7 |
| serialist composition | 5 |
| post-tonal composition | 1 |
| serialist work | 1 |
| work of serial music | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: serial composition
Generated description
Serial composition is a method of musical organization that arranges a fixed sequence of elements (such as pitches, rhythms, or dynamics) into ordered series that govern the structure of a piece.
Instances (15)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Structures I | — |
| Structures (Boulez) | — |
|
Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités
surface form:
Mode de valeurs et d’intensités
|
post-tonal composition |
| Philomel | work of serial music |
| Post-Partitions | — |
| Relata I | — |
| Correspondences | — |
| Partitions for Piano | serialist composition |
|
String Quartet No. 2
surface form:
String Quartet No. 2 (Babbitt)
|
serialist work |
| My Ends Are My Beginnings | — |
| Whirled Series | serialist composition |
| Relata II | — |
| String Quartet No. 3 | serialist composition |
| String Quartet No. 4 | serialist composition |
| String Quartet No. 5 | serialist composition |