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    Example D. Bartok, Mikrokosmos, no. 142

    Which of the following compositional characteristics are found in Example
    D above?

    a. serialism d. free atonality

    b. pentatonicism
    e. pandiatonicism

    c. polymeter

    f. ostinato

    For further study of twentieth-century compositional techniques, see:

    Kostka, Stephan and Dorothy Payne. Tonal Harmony: With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music. 5th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2004. (Specifically Chapter 28)

    For more in-depth and complete coverage of twentieth-century compositional techniques, see the following resources:

    Kostka, Stephan. Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music. 2nd edition. Prentice Hall, 1990.

    Straus, Joseph N. Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory. 3rd edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.