All 12 notes are thus given

more or less equal importance, and the music avoids being in

a key. The technique was influential on composers in the mid-

twentieth century .

 

 

  • Other composers in the 20th century who used the 12 tone system to compose are:

Alban Berg:

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Anton Webern:

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 Milton Babbitt:

 newmusicbox.org

 Igor Stravinsky:

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