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polytonality| In music, an overlapping of multiple parts in different keys, associated in particular with Darius Milhaud, whose miniature Serenade for orchestra (1917–22) combines up to six major keys. Two keys superimposed is bitonality. |
| The effect is akin to multiplexing, allowing the ear to fasten on any one line at will, but the combination effect is less coherent. |
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