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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.
für Akkordeon solo
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 665995
Die fröhlichen Musikanten/ The merry musicians
Serenade
for: Clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 745339
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 580794
for: GCH (1) ORG 2 TRP
Item no.: 104942
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 232394
for: Organ
Item no.: 150141
Prisoners of the Sun
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011247
Klassik
for: String Orchestra and Organ
Book
Item no.: 1195070
Thème et variations
for: Cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 833660
for: Piano
Item no.: 375404
Item no.: 558816
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 254844
Item no.: 615546
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 625706
for: Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 300136
for: Clarinet, bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270879
für Violine, Violoncello und Akkordeon
for: Violin, cello, accordion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 227410
d'après les textes sacrés
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 277950
für Oboe und Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 377049
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 113428
Zwölftonwerk Heft Nr.2op. 15/2
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 112873
Arrangement for two Violas
(of "Duetti" for two Violins)
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 679812
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 373790
Version für hohen Sopran oder hohen Tenor und Akkordinstrument
Werk Nr. 41 2/3
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 676958
for: Accordion
Item no.: 260954
für Flöte, Trompete, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Flöte, Trompete, Violine, Violoncello, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 381993
Unpublished Works Collection 5
Item no.: 766052
for: für 3 Klaviere, 3 Harfen und Schlagzeugspieler
Study score
Item no.: 328654
Score
Item no.: 227642
Pantomimischer Tanz nach einem Gedicht von Manuel Machado
für Kammerorchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103048
für Orchester
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673662
für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664149
for: für Klarinette und Streichquartett
Partitur
Item no.: 208112
archive copy
for: Alto flute, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 314573
This work was commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Festival and was first performed by Kari Kriikku and the Jean Sibelius Quartet in Kuhmo (Finland) on July 16, 1992.
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 141158
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 173909
for: Cello, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 798058
Volume 2: 1940–47
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 299548
Book
Item no.: 227297
for: Flute, alto saxophone
Ensemble score
Item no.: 299347
for: Piano
Item no.: 113781
Skizzen nach Goya
for: Viola, cello, double bass
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 447126
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 425728
for: 2–8 Percussionists
Ensemble score
Item no.: 485331
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198586
for Flute and Cello
for: Flute, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682891
for clarinet, violin and piano
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score
Item no.: 165027
aus Streichquartett II fis-Mollop. 10
for: für Gesang und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 140181
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