n all, a standard matrix for 12-tone composition includes a total of forty-eight different choices for rows. Total serialism is just an extension of these principles. Instead of using a matrix only for determining the order of pitches, composers of this type of music use them to tell all other aspects of the music as well; for example dynamics and articulation. Everything about a piece of music can be serialized, and it has.
             To prove that total serialism is art, we must first prove that it is, in fact, music because there is no denying that music is a category of art. Many people say that total ser
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