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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.
Vers. B
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1174068
for: Trumpet
Score
Item no.: 888246
Klarinette, Horn, Vibraphon und Röhrenglocken
for: Klarinette, Horn, Vibraphon und Röhrenglocken
Item no.: 866563
Choir score
Item no.: 1175841
for 5 players
for: for 5 players
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1541909
for: Clarinet, piano
Score
Item no.: 853909
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1110663
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 833030
for: Trumpet, brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1024520
B, 4st. gemischter Chor, Streicher, Orgel.
Item no.: 1616699
Sette canzoni per coro misto (1995)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 778822
for: Bariton and Piano
Score
Item no.: 553927
Buch
Item no.: 1174525
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 835872
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1174495
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 858186
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 899261
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1138952
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1177694
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorstimme Bass I/II
Item no.: 735329
Klassik
for: Violine und Violoncello
Book
Item no.: 1194923
for Clarinet Solo with Full Dance Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 877086
for: 5 Harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1137072
(1995)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 779092
L'Hiver - for Oboe or Viola
for: Soloist[s] and Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 964127
for: Two-Part Treble Voices [Children or Women] and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1018489
The Evening concert - No. 2
for: Flute, string orchestra
Einzelstimme tiefe Streicherstimme
Item no.: 731171
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: SATB, SSA, TTBB, Vocal [Child]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908951
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 983754
Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano Solo
for: Mezzo-Soprano Voice
Score
Item no.: 882205
per tre violini, piatto sospeso e crotali (1993)
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1031178
For Violin and Orchestra
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1624026
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 839374
Four Games for Six Players
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Violine, Violoncello und Cembalo
Score
Item no.: 1624420
Ein Horrorbild nach 'Haunted House' von Edward Hopper
for: 4 Stimmen und Ensemble, Partitur
Score
Item no.: 1542746
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 840343
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 837222
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1174266
for: Guitar and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 977159
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 1174334
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1027141
for: Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 965744
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