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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: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687977
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1689170
Leningrad
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1680966
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689964
Three pieces for violoncello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1663085
Text selected from ancient Pompeiian graffiti
HPS 1682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681184
Teil 3. Die Moderne
for: Organ
Book
Item no.: 1669278
on the chorale "Vor deinenThron tret ich hiermit"
by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 668)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 1668822
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688185
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669349
für Chor (oder Vokalensemble) und Kongregation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish
Choir score
Item no.: 1660340
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1663046
for 8 cellos
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684382
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1678136
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687969
for: Voice
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1668817
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 1663063
für 7 Frauenstimmen, 4-5 gemischte Stimmen (solistisch oder chorisch) und Fernchor ad lib.
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1582003
per pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1684529
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1668402
pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, clarinette basse, basson, cor, trompette, trombone, violon, alto, violoncelle, contrebasse
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1681176
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1684672
Fourteen pieces
on poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668857
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1684827
für Trompeten(n), Orgel und Pauke
for: 1–2 trumpets, organ
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 1658499
Versione per fisarmonica di Claudio Jacomucci
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1672754
50 Variations by Women Composers Worldwide
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1655530
aus Carmina Burana
for: Flöte, Flötenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689726
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Stimme (mit Schlagzeug und/oder Summchor ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 1663062
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 1668403
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1678454
for: String Quartet
Instrumental Parts
Item no.: 1665601
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1654748
for clarinet quintet
for: Klarinette, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654615
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1690121
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832676
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687991
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1678398
Der 1. Mai
for: Choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1680952
Nine meditations
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1653411
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