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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
Score
Item no.: 232394
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 297697
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 580794
for: GCH (1) ORG 2 TRP
Item no.: 104942
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 562051
Klassik
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 101278
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 100871
Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 100870
Sept Visions brèves de la Vie des Ressuscités pour Orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 100869
Motet pour 3 voix femmes (SSA) a cappella
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 107221
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197865
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240008
Saxophone Mib Et Piano
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 101025
archive copy
for: Alto flute, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 314573
Lyric book
Item no.: 159649
This work was commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Festival and was first performed by Kari Kriikku and the Jean Sibelius Quartet in Kuhmo (Finland) on July 16, 1992.
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 141158
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 373790
Set of Parts
for: Flute, Cello or Viola and Piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 163943
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100864
für Oboe und Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 377049
aus Suite 2 für Jazz Orchester
for: Flute, trumpet, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 601134
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 103079
Grado Superior
Edición Ibérica
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 362012
pour clarinette en Sib et piano
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100877
for: Accordion
Item no.: 260954
Volume 2: 1940–47
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 299548
for: Flute
Item no.: 298094
for violin and celloop. 339
for: Violin, cello
Item no.: 430800
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 471768
GeWV 267
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 420912
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 425728
for: 2–8 Percussionists
Ensemble score
Item no.: 485331
Notre-Dame de Rocamadour
for: Women's choir (smeza), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 498431
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Voice (alto), piano
[deutsch, russisch]
Item no.: 467755
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1239
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 487492
für Klavier, Bratsche und Heckelphon oder Tenorsaxophonop. 47
for: Klavier, Bratsche und Heckelphon (Tenorsaxophon)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288379
für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 352037
für Violine solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 351719
for: Piccolo, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 329287
Neue Bearbeitungen
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 375522
für Flöte, Trompete, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Flöte, Trompete, Violine, Violoncello, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 381993
4 Percussion Players
for: Percussion quartet (4 players)
Score
Item no.: 381878
Score
Item no.: 381861
für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 381828
für 2 Klaviere und Schlagzeug (2 Spieler)
Artikel enthält nur eine Klavierpartitur
for: 2 pianos, percussion
Score
Item no.: 381383
for: für 3 Klaviere, 3 Harfen und Schlagzeugspieler
Study score
Item no.: 328654
Trio für Mandoline, Gitarre und Harfe
for: Mandoline, Gitarre und Harfe
Score, Parts
Item no.: 352599
for pianoop. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 354393
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