SERIALISM - Schoenberg's method of composing with twelve tones prepared the compositional groundwork for serialism - the assigning of numerical values to elements of music, melody, rhythm, timbre, et al. The technique was used by Stockhausen and Boulez.

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serialism is compositional technique of jazz
serialism created by Arnold Schoenberg
serialism assigned number values to Modern melody
serialism assigned number values to Modern rhythm
serialism assigned number values to modern timbre
serialism period of Igor Stravinsky