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The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as

A) polytonality
B) ostinato
C) a tone cluster
D) atonality

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It has to be D if I’m wrong sorry
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Answer: D. Atonality

Explanation: broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key.

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