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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.
Petite cantate de chambre pour 6 voix mixtes ou chœur a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) [6 voices] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335309
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella: string orchestra ad lib.
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella; Streichorchester ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 742440
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 217812
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 217977
exempla nova 25
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 311702
Score
Item no.: 328758
Premier Livre
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 365523
for: Flute [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 281559
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 162
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 107558
Tantsud. Musik für Kindertheater
Veröffentlicht auf CD: ERES-CD 06
Musik aus Estland
for: Piano
Item no.: 389286
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 108905
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 alto Saxophone
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100850
in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
for: Violine und Viola (Violoncello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752765
für Oboe solo
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 665212
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 368694
für 24 Instrumente
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103020
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 395583
3 Stücke op. 8 Band 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284593
per Violino, Viola Violoncello
for: Streichtrio
Score
Item no.: 389815
(3e cycle)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 270562
Six pieces for grand orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 674779
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 108915
on themes from the opera by Georges Bizet
for: Klarinette in B (Violine, Sopran-Saxophon in B) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750800
for: Piano
Item no.: 327397
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 225379
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 373280
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046044
für 12stimmigen Frauenchor und Orchester
for: 12-stimmiger Frauenchor (4S,4Mez,4A) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 446606
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 388738
cahier n°1 nos. 1 – 12
La musique d'église
for: Organ [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 206554
Unpublished Works Collection 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 614780
für Klarinette solo
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 137572
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 393862
Deuxième livre
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228253
In memoriam Olivier Messiaen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184492
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 226923
Transcriptions for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 226680
for: Organ
Item no.: 104914
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 139467
for solo clarinet in Bb
for: Clarinet
Item no.: 353635
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226914
for two pianos
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (2 piano's)
Item no.: 109179
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
Act III – Conclusion
für Orgel solo bearbeitet
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 367153
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101002
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