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.

Observed surface forms (4)

serialist composition ×5
post-tonal composition ×1
serialist work ×1
work of serial music ×1

Instances (15)

Structures I
Structures (Boulez)
Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités via concept surface "post-tonal composition"
surface form: Mode de valeurs et d’intensités
Philomel via concept surface "work of serial music"
Post-Partitions
Relata I
Correspondences
Partitions for Piano via concept surface "serialist composition"
String Quartet No. 2 via concept surface "serialist work"
surface form: String Quartet No. 2 (Babbitt)
My Ends Are My Beginnings
Whirled Series via concept surface "serialist composition"
Relata II
String Quartet No. 3 via concept surface "serialist composition"
String Quartet No. 4 via concept surface "serialist composition"
String Quartet No. 5 via concept surface "serialist composition"