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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: Organ
Item no.: 142848
per violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 726162
exempla nova 307
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 364750
aus der "Suite Nr. 2 für Jazz-Orchester" für Schulorchester
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
Cantata for Mezzosoprano and Piano
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 750764
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 108913
for Multipercussion solo
for: Percussion
Item no.: 347717
Signs, Games and Messages
Solos und Kammermusikwerke für Klarinette, Bassklarinette und Kontrabassklarinette
for: Clarinet, bass clarinet, double bass clarinet
Score
Item no.: 678538
exempla nova 627
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659627
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 325466
Die schönsten Volks- und Kirchenlieder in leichten dreistimmigen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181122
Portrait de Mallarmé
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 158774
archive copy
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609825
Universal Orgel Edition
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 113986
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 369663
Southern Music
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 226958
für Klavier zu vier Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
für Violoncello
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1542291
pour orgue,orchestre à cordes & timbales
for: String Ensemble, Timbales, Organ
Score
Item no.: 176619
Neuausgabe 2011
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 604432
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 276041
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 161845
Quatre Pièces pour trois Flûtes avec une 4è Flûte ad lib.
for: 3 or 4 Flutes
Score, Parts
Item no.: 101018
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 211618
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640578
per pianoforte
for: Piano
Item no.: 353778
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 609782
Elegische Gesänge und Vokalisen für Sopran und elektrisch verstärktes Klavier
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 381550
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149288
12 könnyű kis darab
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620066
for female voice and piano
after poems from Kazimiera Illakowicz
for: Female voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 275544
Concerning the Recorder Literature of the late Baroque
for: Recorder
Book
Item no.: 306816
Oper in 3 Akten
Libretto vom Komponisten nach "The Devils of Loudun" von Aldous Huxley
in der Dramatisierung von John Whiting
unter Benutzung der deutschen Übertragung des Dramas von Erich Fried
for: Voices, narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352432
Volume 2
for: Timpani
Music lesson book
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63 Songs
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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Sieben Lieder auf japanische Poesie (1912)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 635623
for one-sided drums with or without jangles
(für einseitige Trommeln mit oder ohne Schellen)
for: Hand drum
Music score
Item no.: 228017
for high voice and harp
for: Voice, harp
Music score
Item no.: 120668
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 427742
Community Opera
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1042887
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669518
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 684314
du cycle 'Poética del laberinto' pour quatuor de saxophones
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
Item no.: 857496
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
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