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tonality

[toh-nal-i-tee] / toʊˈnæl ɪ ti /


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The L.A. chorus Tonality brought a sunlight that made the text flower.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

Neal Stulberg will conduct a chorus consisting of the ensemble Tonality and members of Los Angeles church and synagogue choirs; a brass and percussion orchestra; and two vocal soloists.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Tonality appears in music across diverse genres and cultures, though the scales differ greatly between, say, Indian classical and American folk.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 11, 2022

Tonality had its comeback, to the extent that it ever went away.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2018

There is only one thing which the composer must keep before him and which the hearer must consciously be able to recognize—the Tonality.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie




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