Serialism started with Schoenberg's work with atonality, which led to his system of composing with 12 notes – his “Twelve Tone Technique” (1923). Since then, a number of other composers have used serialism techniques, such as Webern and Berg.

Who invented serialism?

Serialism is a compositional technique pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg using all 12 notes of the western scale – all within a fixed set of rules.

Where was serialism created?

The term's use in connection with music was first introduced in French by René Leibowitz in 1947, and immediately afterward by Humphrey Searle in English, as an alternative translation of the German Zwölftontechnik (twelve-tone technique) or Reihenmusik (row music); it was independently introduced by Stockhausen and ...