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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.
für Schlagzeugensemble
for: Percussion ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1340563
Da Bach a Corea considerazioni sul linguaggio jazzistico nell'armonia contemporanea
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Book, CD
Item no.: 682477
from "Suite for Variety Orchestra"
for 2 violas or viola and violoncello
for: viola, cello [viola]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1317254
Second Sonata on Shakespearean Characters
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1317193
"Mythos"
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1316871
Part 3. Modern and Contemporary Music
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1215729
Ein Werk nach Goethes Faust
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209815
Contemporary Studies for Saxophone
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 1032098
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1027053
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 984582
Ein Weihnachtslied
for: Voice, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1016367
study for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1017329
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1014987
Strategies and structures in new music from 1900-present
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1011915
Peters Contemporary Chamber Series
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 817655
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 817431
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 797632
from the music to the film "Agony" and the opera "Life with an Idiot"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 781184
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 776837
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 776841
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778718
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 775082
Fantasia da camera in forma di spettacolo
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 775753
Icons
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1147093
Original pour clarinette
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 773482
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 772176
Összhangzattani példák a barokk és a bécsi klasszikus zeneirodalomból
Book
Item no.: 771845
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 771014
The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 770308
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 770025
from "Jazz Suite" No. 2
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 768597
Michelle Leclerc (†) – Meisterschülerin von Jean Langlais – an der Großen Orgel der Kathedrale Saint-Pierre zu Beauvais (Picardie)
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767963
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 763146
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 762847
Walton Choral
Inklusive Klavierpart
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 676617
Rückblick DDR
Journal
Item no.: 745441
Originaltonart
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 745333
exempla nova 680
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 745252
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697544
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 697083
for: Clarinet, percussion
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 696132
for: Clarinet, percussion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 696125
from Song of Solomon
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695749
Transcription for guitar
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 691730
exempla nova 665
for: Voice (soprano), piano [Voice (soprano), cello]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 690986
from "Suite for Variety Orchestra" for 2 violins
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 690358
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 687367
arranged for Saxophone Quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 686960
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