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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.
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Score
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Set of parts
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Urtext
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 635913
For Euphonium, Violin, Viola, And Cello
for: Euphonium, Violine, Viola und Violoncello
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Baritone Saxophone, Piano and Ensemble
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Bass Flute and 4 Percussionists
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (high), piano
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: GES-H (S) KLAR KLAV
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, guitar
Book
Item no.: 198573
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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Threnos in zwei Teilen nach der Orestie des Aischylos
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199279
Oper in 3 Akten nach Gozzi
Lyric book
Item no.: 199260
zum Fest des Hl. Antonius von Padua "Der Geist Gottes, des Herrn, ruht auf mir"GeWV 60
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Choir score
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Preist diesen Tag der Freude / Froher Tag, lichter Tag
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Choir score
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for: Alto flute
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for: 2 KLAV PERC
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for: 6 Percussionists and String Orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Study score
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No. 9 Magisches Rezept
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No. 2 Eines Narren,eines Künstlers Leben
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für 2 Blockflöten, 2 Hörner, Klavier u. 2 Violen
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Score
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Partita
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Piano
Item no.: 282900
for: Voice (soprano), organ
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Volkslieder-Zyklus vom Mittelmeer, aus "Lied der Völker"
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Choir score
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GeWV 59
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Choir score
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for: Flute
Score
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1. "Lustig, ihr Brüder"
for: Männerchor und Jugendchor
Choir score
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1. Schilflieder
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Chorstimme
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5. Dans la maison de doleur
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Choir score
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1. La vraie histoire de douleur "Dedens mon Livre de Pensee"
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for: Piano
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Sextett
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Set of parts
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FESTTAGE DES KIRCHENJAHRES
FUER GEM CHOR, PARTITUR
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Szene für Sing- und Sprechstimmen
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Singpartitur
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Parodien nach sechs (dadaistischen) Laut- und Klanggedichten von Hugo Ball mit Aktionen
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Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 117046
Musik für Flöte, Kammerorchester, Dia-Projektionen, Film und Tonband nach dem Gedicht von Toula S. Tolia mit Illustrationen von Kostas Andreou. Visuelle Medien ad lib., zum Tonband gehören Lautsprechergruppen.
for: Oboe, Klarinetten (2), Posaunen (2), Tuba, Schlagzeuge (2), E-Orgel, Klavier, Cello, Kontrabässe (2)
Ensemble score
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aus der TV-Serie
for: Piano
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Set of parts
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Set of parts
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