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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.
exempla nova 604
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score
Item no.: 1676893
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 1660179
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1671115
8. Terpsichore "Hilaris Terpsichore ter pede terram"
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652972
for: GES-H (S) FL ORG
Item no.: 1659182
Liederzyklus
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1654943
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664367
Vergili "Bucolica"
for: Männerstimmen (AATBarBarB)
Score
Item no.: 1668661
Boosey and Hawkes Archive Edition
for: Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1669525
für 4 Violen
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Violen (4)
Score, part
Item no.: 1671036
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1672519
Harfe Plus 3
for: Celtic harp, 2 violins, cello
Score
Item no.: 1664882
for: Harp
Item no.: 1670769
for: für Chor SATB und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 1657214
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1667744
for: für Orgel und 3-stimmigen Chor ad lib.
Item no.: 1681623
op. 248
for: 4 Barock-Trompeten und Pauken
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660698
für Sopranblockflöte (Tenorblockflöte)
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 1677135
Kammermusik von Karl Amadeus Hartmann aus dem Jahre 1932 - Klavierauszug und Solostimme für Trompete
Edition Schott
for: Trumpet (C), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1677277
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913123
für Akkordeon und kleines Ensemble
(Klarinette, Trompete, Violine, Violoncello, Schlagzeug)
for: accordion, small ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1658296
for 2 flutes
Contempore Band 60
for: 2 flutes (duet)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1677279
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1689885
für Querflöte (Abl/Vl) und Klavier (1984)
for: FL (ABFL/VL) KLAV
Item no.: 1657568
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1653113
Ars Novakkordeon
Item no.: 1651790
exempla nova 545
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 1666829
for: Viola
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1652681
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1660702
Für ganz junge Klavierspieler*innen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1025075
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1658436
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1653144
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; string quartet ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 684497
Item no.: 558832
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266631
pour hautbois, clarinette en ut et basson
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Study score
Item no.: 411819
Concerto pour violon et orchestre
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 920985
pour guitare à 10 cordes
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 334973
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 346882
for: für Streichsextett
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 1687975
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1671964
for: Alto saxophone, strings
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1671262
Liederzyklus nach L.v.Beethovens Brief "An die unsterbliche Geliebte"
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1666969
Per Violoncello e Orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1681982
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1667661
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 312885
"Mishima"
for String Quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 187370
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690935
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