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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 2 flutes in C, alto flute, bass flute
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 642209
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 977245
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 837102
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893724
Klassik
for: Clavecimbal
Buch
Item no.: 1668236
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664726
pour Ms. Piero Bellugi
for: Violin [viola/cello], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1346488
for: Frauenchor (SSA) oder 3 Solostimmen und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1678064
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541848
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1027060
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1542691
Zyklus für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 684383
for: 2 violins, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 775265
For low F marimba.
for: Marimba, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 661135
for: Alto Flute and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1541929
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1106069
Simplicius Simplicissimus
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730553
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1677065
Pour Deux Violons, Alto & Violoncelle
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 868172
for viola and chamber orchestra
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 737168
for: Flute, violin, cello, double bass, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346638
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 783499
(Kara Toprak)
for: 2 pianos
Partitur (zugleich Spielpartitur) 2 Spielpartituren enthalten
Item no.: 743890
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Oper/Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Percussion and Piano
Score
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: 2 recorders (ST)
2 Performance scores
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Analyse, Interpretation, Rezeption
Schnittke-Studien Band 1
Book (Hardcover)
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for: Sprecher, Akkordeon
Ensemble score
Item no.: 328441
25 Etudes Pour Flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 425782
No. 8 des "Huit Chansons Françaises"
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 326585
Das unternehmerische Entscheidungsverhalten zwischen Ästhetik und Ökonomie
Europäische Hochschulschriften
Book (softcover)
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 630697
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 312195
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 471501
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 564461
(from La Soledad de America Latina)
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 314926
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 313546
Woodwind Solo
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 315347
for: Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone Voice, Orchestra
Buch
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Item no.: 616754
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