Serialism

From Advancing Music Theory
This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives[edit]

  • Students will explore the compositional techniques of serialism and stochasticism.

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Readings[edit]

Class Activities[edit]

  • Further discussion of Schoenberg’s twelve-tone row process and discussion of integral serialism
  • Improvisation within a integrally serial structure
  • Composition of a piece according to stochastic techniques

Assignments[edit]

  • Analysis of integral serialism in written and recorded music
  • Creation of a short musical composition using a stochastic method

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