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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.
Sopran (Glockenspiel, Tam-Tam), Flöte (Piccolo-Flöte, Alt-Querflöte),
Partitur
for: Sopran (Glockenspiel, Tam-Tam), Flöte (Piccolo-Flöte, Alt-Querflöte), Flöte (Bass-Querflöte), Viola, Violoncello, Harfe, Klavier und Percussion
Score
Item no.: 1621902
Suite de los espejos
for: Voice (soprano), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1556664
Sinfonisches Fragment für Orchester
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554683
Song Cycle for medium female voice and piano
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 576337
for: für Streichquartett
Score
Item no.: 607338
from the opera "Golem"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 183741
Kinderstücke für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 290186
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 241845
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 313826
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1197392
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1557590
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 635277
for: Klavier, E-Bass / Kontrabass, Schlagzeug
Score, Parts
Item no.: 459561
Item no.: 562213
of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber for Orchestra (1943)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 627402
Variations on an Original Melody
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1611396
For String Orchestra
for: String quintet
Score
Item no.: 1622654
op. 22
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 292714
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 296230
Fünf Sätze für zehn Bläser
for: 2 Flöten (2. auch Piccolo), 2 Oboen (2. auch Englischhorn), 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner, Fagott, Kontrafagott (auch 2. Fagott)
Score
Item no.: 353034
op. 37
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 355624
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 354404
for: für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott
Score
Item no.: 188448
Book
Item no.: 1557642
for: Klavier, E-Bass / Kontrabass, Schlagzeug
Score, Parts
Item no.: 459562
for: Singstimme (S), Sprecher, gemischter Chor, Instrument
Score
Item no.: 342668
For 2 B-Flat Trumpets and Organ
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1626440
for: flute [violin], viola [clarinet], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1340569
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 1134874
for: Double bass
Item no.: 428428
for: Piano
Item no.: 471284
Transkription aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 4
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1544683
exempla nova 219
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 182640
Kleine Kantate nach romantischen Textenop. 35
for: Sopran, Oboe, Bratsche und Violoncello
Partitur
Item no.: 287838
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 197730
The Piano Version
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131782
for: 3 Percussionists
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113939
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1551034
XPT 41
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1632447
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669518
for mixed chorus a cappella or mixed chorus and chamber ensemble to a poem by Mihály Babits
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 256235
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255231
(2010)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346526
sorok, szavak, betűk...
EMB Contemporary Music
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), bassoon, violin
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 466342
for: Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 581896
pour trompette en ut ou mib et orgue
for: Trumpet, organ
Music score
Item no.: 296085
Oratorium
for: Trumpet, organ
Buch
Item no.: 481915
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