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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: für Klavier
Item no.: 347527
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Saxophone B-Flat and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 348070
11 Erzählungen vom Diesseits und Jenseits
for: Piano
Item no.: 145162
for: Frauenstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 165260
for: Horn
Item no.: 130292
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 108827
Teuflischer Walzer für zwei Bassposaunen
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 656252
for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustics
for: Alto Saxophone, Electronics
Music score, CD
Item no.: 818306
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279984
aus "Musica ricercata"
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 352552
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 266732
for: Piccolo
Music score
Item no.: 560741
für Posaune und Klavier
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100995
Solo VI
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 113504
für Flöte
for: Flute
Score
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for: Piano
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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für Carillon
for: Percussion
Score
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for solo piano
for: Piano
Music score
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für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 334940
for solo piano
for: Piano
Music score
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for Solo Trumpet and Orchestra
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Score
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Instructions
for: DIV INST
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 381893
für Klavier, Cymbal und Elektronik
for: TAPE CYMBAL KLAV
Score, Parts
Item no.: 381776
Score
Item no.: 381539
for orchestra
Facsimile printing from the manuscript by the composer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 584817
for clarinet (in B), e-guitar and violoncello (2003)
Final Version 2010
for: Clarinet (B-flat), electric guitar, cello
3 Performance scores
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for flute alone
for: Flute
Music score
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for: Violine und Tonband oder für 4 Violinen
Ensemble score
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for: Cello
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for: Guitar
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for: Organ
Music score
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Ein Zyklus oder 7 Stücke
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Item no.: 387735
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Viola, piano
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Streicherstimmen
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts (4)
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Suite for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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The opera from Lets make an Opera. An Entertainment for Young People
for: Soloists, Choir, String Quartet, Piano [4-Händig] and Percussion
Piano reduction
Item no.: 295738
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1195
for: 6 Marimbas
Study score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283717
for: Accordion
Music score
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12 Musette-Erfolge bekannter Akkordeonisten und Komponisten
for: Accordion
Music score
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für Sopranblockflöte oder Piccoloflöte und kleine Trommel
for: Descant recorder [piccolo], snare drum
Ensemble score
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Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 108939
for: Cello, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 136987
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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Trio Nr. 2 für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
exempla nova 620
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658977
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109209
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