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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.
Tenor Saxophone, Posaune & Klavier
for: Tenor saxophone, trombone, piano (trio)
Sheet music
Item no.: 601145
für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 734579
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 728693
for viola and piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682037
pour violon seul
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 674369
Die Garbe 4 – Musikkunde
Learning book (hardcover)
Item no.: 397727
7 pezzi facili
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 390464
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477755
pour chœur d'hommes (chœur de femmes), cors en fa, trombones ténor, violoncelles & contrebasses
for: Choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 563858
per violino ed orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 378287
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 351368
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 425591
op. 11b
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 758528
for vibraphone (cymbal, gong, tamtam) and piano
for: Vibraphon (Becken, Gong, Tamtam) und Klavier
Score, part
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Edition Schott
for: Cello
Music score
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3. Hälfte des Lebens "Mit gelben Birnen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746918
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 297179
Neufassung (1936 - 1938)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
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für Tenor u. Viola
for: GES-H VA
Item no.: 283355
Faksimile-Ausgabe nach der Handschrift des Komponisten für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 282896
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 270692
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
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aus der Oper "Boulevard Solitude"
for: Flöte, Vibraphon, Harfe und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 326123
for: Male choir
Choir score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 259595
for: Flute
Music score
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op. 50
for: Violine (Kontrabass), Blas- und Saiteninstrumente
Piano reduction, solo parts
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for: Violin
Score
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Per Quattro Cori Di Voci Bianche E Quattro Percussionisti
for: Choir and Percussion
Score
Item no.: 209888
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 864584
for: Piano
Sheet music
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op. 105
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violin
Music score
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Klassik
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Klassik
for: 4 or 6 Mixed Voices
Book
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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for: Oboe, Klarinette (A), Fagott, Horn (F), 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Score, Parts
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Full Score
for: 2 Violas and Orchestra
Score
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Symphonic Mass for SATB/SATB Chorus and String Orchestra
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), string orchestra
Piano reduction
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Brilliant Marches
for: Concert band
Score
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Per Due Strumenti Melodici
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 833134
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 832818
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 390327
for four timpani
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 4 timpani
Music score
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Három régi felirat op. 25
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 256466
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