serialist
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But, ever curious, Lidholm didn’t stay a doctrinaire serialist for long, and the 18-minute “Poesis” is an exploration of elemental sound and stark drama without reliance on stylistic rules.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
He launched music-appreciation projects on television at a time when network executives considered Stravinsky’s serialist score “The Flood,” with choreography by Balanchine, suitable for a mass public.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Here and there, passages of gritty harmonic intensity, brief eruptions of skittish instrumental lines, and other restless touches remind you that he earned a doctorate at Princeton under the serialist Milton Babbitt.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2016
Yet, even while he was studying with Boulez and embracing the European serialist movement, he was already beginning to flourish as a film composer.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2012
‘Elitist’ is an overused word, tinged with resentment, but in describing serialist self-justification of the twentieth century it is spot on.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
