But its subtle chromatic music embellished with dissonances, sustains a compelling dialogue on the nature of romantic love between then and now.

He theorized about a future non-figurative painting, which chromatic music, i.e. translation of feelings and moods in sound and color.

In a program note he writes that he thought this intricate, ruminative, richly chromatic music might take on a public dimension if rescored for string orchestra.

The highly chromatic music featured harsh dissonances and unresolved harmonies.

At the opera's end, the diatonic sound world of Pentheus crashes to a halt with the character's death, and the chromatic music of Dionysus prevails.

Yet today's program seemed a little too concentrated on rationalist, chromatic music for one so closely associated with the musical spirit of France between the world wars.

He was known for his highly chromatic music.

This is seen as a period of extremes, and undesirable compared to the moderately chromatic music of Meyerbeer.

Richard Wagner wrote very chromatic music, especially in his opera Tristan and Isolde.

I write chromatic music and chromatic music is not in vogue at the moment.