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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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634494
in Erinnerung an Adolph Koldofsky
1978 corrected reprint
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 380471
seiner Mutter gewidmet
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 380467
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 380399
Act III – Conclusion
für Orgel solo bearbeitet
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 367153
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737215
for: Oboe, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 641708
pour harpe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 578240
A sonata for two clarinets - one in Bb and one in A.
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279855
7 pièces
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 171038
Flautario
for: Recorder, piano
Item no.: 145869
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583529
für Oboe
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 662706
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101277
Revised Edition 2006
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 444015
for piano to 4 hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 732602
für Sopran und 9 Instrumentalisten
Nr. 3 aus "Pli selon pli"
for: Voice (soprano), chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 113013
Ten pieces for manuals only
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 629903
Dix versets dans les modes grégoriens / Deux petites pièces dans le style Médiéval
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 262355
für Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
exempla nova 133
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 108740
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 633348
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108881
(1) Espana en el corazón nach Gedichten von Lorca und Neruda - (2) Y su sangre ya viene cantando - (3) Memento - Romance de la Guardia civil espanola
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103130
for Percussion solo
for: Percussion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1017119
Three pieces for guitar after a painting by Cornelia Foss
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 226681
for: Piano
Item no.: 381892
für Chor (SATB), auch mit Instrumenten/ Orchester
vollständige Partituren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 492598
Klassik
for: Soprano and Flute
Buch
Item no.: 858752
for: Voice (medium), piano
[englisch]
Item no.: 120680
op. 92/101/108/110
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 108904
Premier livre
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 191719
Music Of Our Time
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352472
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 197790
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315684
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749611
for piano, violin and cello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 741593
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 858147
Versenymű oboára és zenekarra
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 254952
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 353737
for viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 657967
for: Organ
Item no.: 142848
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
op. 93
for: Klarinette, Violine und Violoncello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539040
in Modo preclassico
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 417831
for Violin, Horn and Piano
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 353799
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 407415
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