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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: KCH ORCH
Piano reduction
Item no.: 349857
Multiple Musik für Instrumental- oder Vokalgruppen
for: Several instruments
Score
Item no.: 382417
für Posaune und Orchester
for: POS ORCH
Study score
Item no.: 382410
für Singstimme und Viola
for: GES VA (VC)
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für Klavier
Massimo Damerini gewidmet
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 382221
für Violonello und Elektronik
for: Violoncello, ELEKTRONIK
Score
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für Baß-Klarinette
Harry Sparnaay gewidmet
for: Bass clarinet
Music score
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für Violine, Tuba und Klavier
for: Violine, Tuba, Klavier
Ensemble score
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für Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott oder vier Klarinetten
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
STR
Item no.: 380264
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
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for: ORCH TAPE
Score
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for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 380016
for: Clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 578495
Versuch eines Kollektivspiels für eine beliebigie Anzahl von Interpreten
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Score
Item no.: 382528
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 382468
für gemischten Chor nach Texten von Gabriela Mistral
dem Figuralchor Frankfurt und seinem Dirigenten Alois Ickstadt gewidmet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 383002
Armin Rosin gewidmet
for: Trombone, organ
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Item no.: 381860
Quartett für 12 Tom-toms
for: 12 TOM TOM
Score, Set of parts
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für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Orgel
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Score
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für Orgel und 6 Registranten
for: Organ
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for: Violin
Item no.: 381488
für drei Spieler
for: 3 melodic instruments
Ensemble score
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für Violoncello und Percussion
for: VC PERC
Ensemble score
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für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
for: 2 pianos
2 Performance scores
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 175193
Faber New Choral Works
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Score
Item no.: 172113
Variationen für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 584750
Klassenmusizieren
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Fantasiestück für Trompete (Hoch-B/ Flügelhorn) und Klavier
for: Trumpet [flugelhorn], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 580295
for: GES-H HA (KLAV)
Item no.: 346133
for: Voice (baritone), trombone
Ensemble score
Item no.: 580293
The Andrés Segovia Archive
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 432139
Words by Jean de Brunhoff.
for: Narrator, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279903
Bd 005: Symphonie Nr. 5 d-moll
Schostakowitsch - Neue Gesamtausgabe 005 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 457002
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665692
Commissioned by Rudolf Steiner Foundation and dedicated to Anssi Karttunen, who gave the first performance in Helsinki on 10th September 2000.
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 425889
for violin, violoncello and piano
Archive copy
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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Symphonic Mass for SATB/SATB Chorus and String Orchestra
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 612892
pour grand orchestre
partition de poche
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Accordion, viola
Ensemble score
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für Akkordeon und Viola
Partitur
for: Accordion, viola
Score
Item no.: 622951
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659493
50 Etudes & 19 Duets
Bim Junior Series
for: 1–2 trumpets
Music score
Item no.: 184796
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