atonal

Example Sentences

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When she graduated from Harvard, the kind of music she was playing was atonal, was experimental.

From Los Angeles Times

The films’ source material often seemed plucked from a graduate-level syllabus, drawing from the likes of Bertolt Brecht, the novelist and literary critic Elio Vittorini and the operas of the atonal composer Arnold Schoenberg.

From New York Times

This month, we focus on Ornette Coleman, the iconoclastic saxophonist and bandleader whose style prioritized atonal chords over traditional rhythm and harmony, which helped establish the subgenre of free jazz in the late 1950s.

From New York Times

This truly spontaneous ovation was another reminder of Levit’s power as a musician: He turned a moment of atonal imitation into the pinnacle of the evening.

From New York Times

And the nuns throw themselves about as a unit, whether in prayer or possession, in serene harmony or atonal cries.

From New York Times