atonalism
- n the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system
- Directed by Wolfgang Doerner, the production is self-assuredly modern not by strident atonalism, but rather through the fertile mixing of jazz, opera, rock and electronica .
- But in this concerto, his atonalism is for once eloquent and heartfelt; it is Composer Berg's elegy on the death of his friend Manon Gropius, daughter of famed Architect Walter .
- After it, Schoenberg was to begin the experiments with atonalism that eventually determined the direction of 20th century music.