The opening of the Sonata's first movement, for example, blends serialism and passacaglia in a way prefigured in the opera's final scene. |
These composers returned to Korea with contemporary Western compositional styles, techniques including serialism and genres including electronic and computer music. |
Thus the rigorous intellectualism of serialism and the freedom of aleatoric processes are not paradoxical, but stem from the same mindset. |
His first major piece written in dodecaphonic serialism, it definitely falls under the category of Hard. |
Although he was greatly influenced by his teacher's 12-note method he adopted a freer version of serialism, and some of his techniques deviate from Schoenberg's principles. |
The unravelling of these very complex strands, and relating them specifically to musical serialism, is one of the major strengths of the book. |