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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: 3 recorders (SAT)
Score, Parts
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5th String Quartet DWV 106
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 677681
Anakreontische Fragmente
Hölderlin-Fragmente
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for Youth Orchestra
18th century Hungarian Dance Melodies from Manuscripts of Pozsony
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 256115
for: GES-H HA
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Flute, harp
Ensemble score
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für Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott oder vier Klarinetten
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Study score
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pour flute et basson
for: Flute, bassoon
Ensemble score
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Orgue
for: Organ
Music score
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Sobre dos cantigas del Rey Alfonso X
for: Guitar
Score
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Woodwind Solo
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Per Voce Femminile, Clarinetto, Violoncello e Arpa Su Poesie di James
for: Vocal, Clarinet, Cello and Harp
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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für 5 Posaunen
for: 5 trombones
Score
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für Oboe und Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
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for: Piano
Ensemble score
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Anthem (from Sunrise Mass)
for mixed chorus (strings ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; string quartet ad lib.
Score, Parts
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für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541999
for: Horn
Music score
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for: Organ
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for: Cello, piano
Book
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for: Violin, piano
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Recueil Piano
for: Piano
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for: Bass clarinet, piano
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for: Piano
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for: Accordion
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Score
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Piano Publications
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Gegenwartsmusik
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Score
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Klassik
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Klassik
for: Akkordeon und Klavier
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for: Piano
Music score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
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for: Oboe, clarinet (duet)
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Kleine Stücke
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for: Cello, harp
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für einen Schlagzeuger auf seinem Körper
Jean-Pierre Drouet gewidmet
for: Percussion
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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für Flöte oder Violine und Klavier
for: Violin [flute], piano
Ensemble score, solo part
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for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
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Der 11. September (September 11)
exempla nova 351
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 477671
for violin and oboe
for: Violin, oboe
Parts (2)
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Schott Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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Fratres - Cantus - Tabula Rasa
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