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Dodecaphony or Serialism is the use of the twelve semi-tones as the harmonic and structural basis, rather than the traditional harmonic key structure which governed classical music until the turn of the twentieth century. Arnold Schoenberg was the father of twelve-tone composition in the 1930s. Moving into the post-war era, all dodecaphonic or serial musical parameters, including note lengths, dynamics and even timbres were set in rows. After 1948, the Darmstadt “holiday courses” became the centre of Dodecaphony or Serialism for almost a decade. Despite the mathematical and logical basis, twelve-tone composition still produced many highly emotional works such as Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso.
As the technical and electronic possibilities continued to grow and thrive after the war, the first studio solely dedicated to electronic music was founded in Cologne in 1951 by Herbert Eimert. Important electronic music composers were Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ernst Krenek, Maurice Kagel, Luciano Berio and Iannis Xenakis, who was also an assistant to the architect Le Corbusier.
Aleatoric comes from the Latin “alea”, meaning dice. Aleatoric composition leaves elements of the music to chance. The American composer John Cage was the first to experiment with aleatoric music, and many others followed, in particular K. Stockhausen, P. Boulez, W. Lutosławski.
Soundscape composition plays with sense and emotion, it uses long drawn musical landscapes to give the listener time to recognise and experience the music in a whole new way. The most important compositions include Atmosphères and Lontano by György Ligeti. Other works of this type were created by Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis.
Minimalism also came to Europe from the USA. Minimalism uses repetitive, wide blocks of sound, without strong contrasts or dramatic changes. It is in the repetition, with gradual, small changes, that the minimalist effect is achieved. The pioneers of minimalism in the 1960s were American composers Philip Glass, John Adams, Le Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. They were followed in Europe by Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1684550
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
für 4 stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella, op. 79 Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660317
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1689173
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689966
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1677094
über «Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron»
für Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660338
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1688212
for recorder solo
(soprano, alto and tenor recorder in alternation)
for: Recorder
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678129
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 1667670
HPS 1440
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681188
A musical pantomime for seven instrumentalists (trumpet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, piano, violin)
Hawkes Pocket Scores 1600
for: Trumpet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, piano, violin
Study score
Item no.: 1672125
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1669334
(Zongoraszonáta)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1672518
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 1668820
for: Voice, alto saxophone (E-flat)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1677774
for voice (with percussion ad lib.)
for: Stimme (mit Schlagzeug ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 1663061
for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1663041
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1689320
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660304
Elf Lieder auf Texte von Friedrich Schlegel
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1666895
for: Alto saxophone, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 884228
Lieder nach Gedichten von Nora Gomringer
(2020/21)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690094
für Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687987
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687974
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1687970
Musica di scena per orchestra per il dramma ommonimo di Imre Madách
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1672515
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1677491
Bright Music for Dark Times
for: Flute, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684522
for: Brass ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678135
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1666044
for: Oboe
Instrumental Duet & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665914
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1668797
geeignet für jedes Instrument oder Kombination von Instrumenten, ausführliche Aufführungshinweise
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1655363
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689957
für 5stimmigen gemischten Chor (1983-1988), op. 45
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664983
Festliche Liedbearbeitung für Chor, Orgel und Orchester
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660322
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1655128
for: 2 violins, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687971
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1672863
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1670803
Babi Yar
for: Soloist (bass), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681473
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1689334
Fifteen pieces
on poems by Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668852
for: Voice (soprano), harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677775
für 4stg. gemischten Chor a capella, op. 69C
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658497
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1688211
für Klavier
for: Piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1668693
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