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Also Known As	atonal music

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12-tone music music harmony musical sound musical form counterpoint rhythm tempo musical expression pitch arrangement timbre

Key People

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

American composer

Anton von Webern, 1940.

Anton Webern

Austrian composer

Alban Berg

Austrian composer

Henryk Górecki

Polish composer

Gottfried von Einem

Austrian composer

Koechlin

Charles Koechlin

French composer

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