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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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 315134
for: Clarinet
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 259463
Klassik
for: Women's Choir and Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837994
Score and Parts
for: Streichtrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1676835
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 1110516
L'Hiver
for: Soloist[s] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1103958
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 775390
Fur 4 im Raum verteilte Blasinstumente im selben Register
for: 4 Wind Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1542725
for: Clarinet and String Trio
Study score
Item no.: 1542035
Klassik
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Narration
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838532
Solo Piano Part
Single part Piano
Item no.: 859332
Per Contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 260339
Score and Parts
for: Flute, Violin and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 315721
Per Doppio Quartetto Di Legni
for: Woodwind Octet
Score
Item no.: 259540
Nobuya Sugawa Presents
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 299022
for soprano and piano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 492845
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 224271
Klassik
for: String Orchestra, Wind Instruments[Sextet]
Score
Item no.: 207046
for: SATB, Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 139072
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 908662
for flute solo
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 1542007
Edition Schott
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739989
for string quintet
for: String quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 784163
Cello, Oboe, Viola, Violin and Orchestra
for: Soloist[s] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 964126
version for solo viola
for: Viola solo
Score
Item no.: 1542128
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 683380
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 1174511
für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score
Item no.: 746777
(1993)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778810
Per Violino E Pianoforte
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 260474
This work was commissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and was first performed by Kari Kriikku and the Jean Sibelius Quartet in Kuhmo (Finland) on July 16, 1992.
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 189833
for: Organ
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 133259
for: Percussion and Tape
Score
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Per Orchestra A Microintervalli - Partitura
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259937
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 904744
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 659307
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 368432
for: 15 INST
Study score
Item no.: 345818
Klassik
for: Latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 835670
Das Spiel vom Ende der Zeiten
for: Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
Klavierauszug Fassung von 1981
Item no.: 1341162
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 728001
pour violon & piano
for: Violin, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1023058
Edition Schott
for: Violine und großes Kammerorchester
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 726658
für Altflöte, Gitarre und Buk
for: Alto Flute and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1542127
Klassik
for: Violin, Harp and Timpani
Score
Item no.: 964309
Klassik
for: Flute, Oboe, Horn and Bassoon
Score
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for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 325844
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