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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.
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Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 108904
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 633348
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315684
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 197790
Versenymű oboára és zenekarra
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 254952
Revidierte Ausgabe nach der Neuen Gesamtausgabe
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108874
Klavier oder Harfe solo
for: Piano [harp]
Music score
Item no.: 381792
in Modo preclassico
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 417831
aus der "Suite Nr. 2 für Jazz-Orchester" für Schulorchester
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 108913
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 325466
Die schönsten Volks- und Kirchenlieder in leichten dreistimmigen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181122
Universal Orgel Edition
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 113986
pour orgue,orchestre à cordes & timbales
for: String Ensemble, Timbales, Organ
Score
Item no.: 176619
Neuausgabe 2011
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 604432
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 276041
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 161845
Quatre Pièces pour trois Flûtes avec une 4è Flûte ad lib.
for: 3 or 4 Flutes
Score, Parts
Item no.: 101018
per pianoforte
for: Piano
Item no.: 353778
12 könnyű kis darab
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 327478
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620066
for female voice and piano
after poems from Kazimiera Illakowicz
for: Female voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 275544
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669518
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 102983
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Score
Item no.: 379391
Text with musical examples
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 290100
The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 770308
for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 563892
Opera in two files, eight pictures and an epilogue
according to the Novelle of the same name by Zofia Posmysz
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664732
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100862
für gemischten Chor a cappella (2007)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell with narrator ad lib.
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 606
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198730
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490764
Klassik
for: Bassoon, piano
Score
Item no.: 184952
Musica baltica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 641631
SSAATTBB Chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586731
Entstanden zwischen 1965 und 1970 für verschiedene Schauspiel- und Zeichentrickfilme
in estnischen Kinderzimmern ein Klassiker
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649498
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 342109
6 pièces pour petite (ou grande) harpe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 155161
for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Study score
Item no.: 380332
Eight medieval lyrics
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120510
61 Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 463744
Version für Bassklarinette
for: Bass clarinet
Buch
Item no.: 1542113
Multi-movement work
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 765820
Introduction to tone and movement in modern music
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 193206
Nach Gedichten von Jean Moréas
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 146280
Oratorium
Piano reduction
Item no.: 354116
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