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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.
exempla nova 398
for: SPR FL OB BASS-KLAR SCHLAGZ VC
Study score
Item no.: 605818
exempla nova 302
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 169838
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 108957
for: für Streichquartett
Study score
Item no.: 124024
Drei Arien aus der Oper "Le Grand Macabre"
for: Koloratur-Sopran und Klavier
Item no.: 166051
Flexibility Exercises and Etudes
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456993
Cantiones profanae (1936)
Reduced version for two pianos and percussion (1956)
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 445025
Fingering Exercises and Etudes 1
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
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Präludien
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 668438
for: 8 oder 4 Violoncelli
Set of parts
Item no.: 608420
Studien in moderner Spieltechnikop. 43
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 352654
for: für 2 Spieler
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 261858
exempla nova 363
for: Violine, Klavier, Streicher, [Schlagzeug]
Study score
Item no.: 479418
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 161543
for: 2 trumpets
Item no.: 457488
for: für 14 Streicher und Schlagzeug
Study score
Item no.: 142414
for: Frauenstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 165260
Piano Exercises for Contemporary Music
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 466023
Klassik
for: Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Flöte, Horn, Oboe und Glockenspiel
Study score
Item no.: 891115
op. 4
for: für Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 312302
Item no.: 616754
"Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud"
Score
Item no.: 329372
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 197211
for: Piano
Item no.: 216495
exempla nova 214
for: VL KLAV / VL SOLO
Item no.: 211729
exempla nova 321
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 138105
for: String orchestra; harp ad lib.
Study score
Item no.: 113934
exempla nova 331
for: 1–2 trumpets, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 241436
exempla nova 261
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 184113
5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Birgit Müller-Wieland
exempla nova 617
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1552503
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 108868
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 112900
for: Klavier zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 113783
für Violoncello und Orgel
exempla nova 129
for: Cello, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 108739
Methodische Übungen für fortschreitende Schüler
Musik für Blockflöte - Il flauto dolce
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 113305
Oratorio di Giacomo Carissimi (Marino 1605 - Roma 1674)
for: Gesangssolisten, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 608013
für Singstimme (ohne Text) und Instrumente
for: Voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Study score
Item no.: 245741
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1211933
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 894744
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
Buch
Item no.: 1539738
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 114526
Buch
Item no.: 878489
für Violine iund Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655092
Zwei Lieder ohne Worte nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 631945
Elementi di informatica, tecnologie musicali, composizione elettroacustica
Book
Item no.: 773590
Trent'anni di musica contemporanea in Italia (1959-1988)
Book
Item no.: 781137
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