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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.
Original Version
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739200
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 728110
for solo cello
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 752734
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726033
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724575
Pezzi ellitici
for: Flöte, Altflöte, Bassflöte (1 Spieler)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748309
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750225
7 Etudes, No. 3
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 725145
Edition Schott
for: Violine, Horn (F/B) und Klavier
Partitur Faksimile
Item no.: 729572
Edition Schott
for: Violin, viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 734625
Flüchtige Stücke
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748637
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724579
from "Three Pieces in Old Style"
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Single edition
Item no.: 1209364
Cantiones profanae
for: Solostimmen (STBar), gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor, 2 Klaviere und Schlagzeug
Einzelstimme Schlagzeug (Pauke, piatti, Tam tam, Gr. Trommel, 3 Glockenspiele, kleine Trommel, Xylophon, Triangel, Glocken, Cymbal, Schellen, Tamborine, Rassel)
Item no.: 748234
for: Oboe, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754338
Edition Schott
for: 4 Pedalpauken (1 Spieler)
Music score
Item no.: 750477
for orchestra
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758391
op. 35a
for: Violin, piano
Noten Neuausgabe
Item no.: 779695
For Accordion and String Quartet
for: Akkordeon und Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750157
for: Clarinet, bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270879
aus "Polnisches Requiem"
for: Sopran solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 734287
from the opera "The Ratter"
for: Clarinet, percussion
Score, part
Item no.: 735905
(Forest Ranger)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729399
Three arias from the opera "Le Grand Macabre"
for: Trompete in C und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 748593
Cantata (Brieftexte europäischer Widerstandskämpfer)
for: Soli (SAT), gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 755886
for oboe, violin, viola and cello
for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 755910
for 12-part female choir and orchestra
for: 12-stimmiger Frauenchor (4S,4Mez,4A) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 758185
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758294
Song Cycle for medium female voice and piano
for: mittlere Frauenstimme und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750781
Cantiones profanae
for: Soli (STBar), gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor, 2 Klaviere und Schlagzeug
Score
Item no.: 754453
Version for Organ by Heribert Breuer
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 755324
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746543
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758295
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758298
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 735861
nach Musik zu dem Film "Die Handschrift von Saragossa"
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 746742
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758296
The Piano Version
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736294
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 4108
for viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 737726
from: Mauthausen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752389
(L'Oiseau bleu)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750148
for trumpet and orchestra
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 759305
horn solo and chamber orchestra (with 2 basset horns and 4 obligatory natural horns)
for: Horn solo und Kammerorchester
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 731744
Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749942
A Study in Loving
for: Sprecher, Sänger und Orchester
Studienpartitur Faksimile-Partitur
Item no.: 736819
Diabelli-Variation for piano
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 1549033
for an invisible percussionist
for: 1 Schlagzeug
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1340998
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