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- noun music A practicioner or proponent of
dodecaphony , i.e. use of thedodecaphonic musicalscale , which has twelvetones peroctave
Etymologies
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International artificial word formed circa 1950 from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dódeka, "twelve") + φωνή (phonè, "sound") + -ist, recorded in English since 1953, presumably modeled on German Dodekaphonist.
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