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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.
Juvenilia Nr. 14
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [treble recorder], piano
Item no.: 458385
Argentinischer Tango
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 213402
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Score
Item no.: 206879
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 295572
exempla nova 409
for: Piano
Item no.: 494071
for: Organ
Item no.: 303676
für Violine, Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Study score
Item no.: 459753
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 469478
für Orchester und Tonband (1960/1961)
for: Orchestra, audio tape
Score
Item no.: 170557
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 170911
Kantate (Brieftexte europäischer Widerstandskämpfer)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 176788
Musik für junge Leute
ars futura
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 183701
exempla nova 359
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 477670
for: Trumpet
Score
Item no.: 187272
Nr. 5
for: für Flöte, Oboe, Englischhorn, Klarinette in A und Fagott
Score
Item no.: 185786
Vl. Solo, 8 Nastri Magneti
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 260207
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 611845
for: Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
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for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613978
Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 327301
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413550
Klassik
for: Mezzo / Baritone Voice, Piano Accompaniment
Book
Item no.: 411839
Fünf Lieder auf Texte von János Arany
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 136746
für Flöte solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 144522
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 113445
for: für 5 Darsteller oder 5 Schlagzeugspieler
Score
Item no.: 113238
for: Blockflöte (A), Harfe, Streicher
Study score
Item no.: 111331
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Item no.: 104937
op. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 144913
for: für Violine und Streichquartett
Partitur
Item no.: 243320
Clarinet trio based on the 2nd movement of the Piano Sonata
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 679829
renewed at every glance
für Klavier und Bassakkordeon
for: Accordion, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 671924
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 922157
for soprano, baritone and period instruments
for: Soprano, Baritone and Instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634311
"Il sogno di un cacciatore"
for: Horn
Single edition
Item no.: 633695
für Akkordeon solo
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 657195
Das Andenken
Rezitativ nach Worten von Elżbieta Szemplińska
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 666062
für Baritonsaxophon
for: Baritone saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 631901
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 922569
Leuckart-Reprint
for: GES-H (S) VDG (VC) ORG
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 368260
for: Treble recorder, piano
Item no.: 562384
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 564058
(Alte ungarische Gesellschaftstänze)
for: Flöte, Klarinette und Streicher
Score
Item no.: 281779
Filtrage de la Ballade op.10,4 de Johannes Brahms
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376240
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 103093
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 200218
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 200199
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