dodecaphonist

English

Etymology

International word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ist, recorded in English since 1953, presumably modeled on German Dodekaphonist.

Noun

dodecaphonist (plural dodecaphonists)

1. (music) A practitioner 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.

   • 1984 April 14, Richard Knisely, “Quintessential Narcissism”, in Gay Community News, page 13:

     The schism between the dodecaphonists and the priests of tonality.

Translations

proponent of dodecaphony

• Dutch: dodecafonist m, (obsolete) dodecaphonist m
• French: dodécaphoniste (fr) m or f
• German: Dodekaphonist m

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do‧de‧ca‧pho‧nist

Noun

dodecaphonist m (plural dodecaphonisten)

1. Archaic spelling of dodecafonist.