polytonalistn.
/ˌpɒlɪˈtəʊnl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈtoʊnələst/ Music.
A person who composes, plays, or advocates polytonal music.
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fuguist1789
symphonist1789
melodist1826
threnodist1827
instrumentalist1838
melophonist1847
polyphonist1864
musical dramatist1866
operettist1867
tone poet1874
orchestrator1875
French Impressionist1876
monodist1888
romantic1892
neoclassicist1899
orchestralist1899
variationist1900
mensuralist1901
tone-painter1903
impressionist1908
pre-Romantic1918
phrase-maker1924
polytonalist1925
atonalist1929
dodecaphonist1953
serialist1954
twelve-toner1955
miniaturist1962
minimalist1969
tonalist1982
1925 Times 25 July 10/2 One [composer] is a neo-modalist, another a rhythmic contortionist, a third a polytonalist.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 406/1 The polytonalists appear to claim that the value of their work lies in the significance of the horizontal lines.
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xxiii. 332 Dave..is another polytonalist.
1995 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 18 Sept. b1 The soprano starts with an unremittingly glassy timbre, afflicted with such a wide vibrato one might suspect Verdi was a polytonalist before his time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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