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Meanings of atonality in English

Russian
атональность
Portuguese
atonalidade
Spanish
música atonal
Catalan
atonalisme

Musical structure; music that lacks a tonal center, or key.

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      Usage of atonality in English
      1
      This string quartet marks the period of my first contact with the concentrated, lyrical language of western atonality.
      Radio NZ
      2
      What made certain atonalities subjectively pleasing yet others com- pletely offensive.
      Terminal Compromise
      3
      "It is a kindness." Her voice was deepening, becoming a morbid atonality.
      The Reality Dysfunction
      4
      In music, the late romanticism of Bruckner and Mahler had given way to the atonalities of the second Vienna school.
      The Guardian