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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.
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 631850
Urtext
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 635910
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 314446
Sammlung Paul Sacher
Inventare der Paul Sacher Stiftung 1
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 311880
Klassik
for: Solfege
Book
Item no.: 313818
Score
for: 2 Violins, 2 Violas and 2 Cellos
Score
Item no.: 316055
Study Score
for: Wind and String Ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 316054
Score
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 316018
Score and Parts
for: Piano Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 315771
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1015193
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, organ
Score
Item no.: 1015159
for: Piccolo
Music score
Item no.: 1015154
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1015153
for: Clarinet [bass clarinet], piano, guitar, percussion
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1209613
Studien in moderner Spieltechnikop. 43
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545723
Studien in moderner Spieltechnikop. 43
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545099
An Adagio For Wind Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1623839
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308719
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1013319
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351328
für Akkordeon und Cello
ars futura
for: Cello, accordion
Score
Item no.: 289299
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293583
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293576
Buch
Item no.: 251975
Score
Item no.: 252773
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 271954
for: Singstimme (S), 3 Trompeten, Schlagzeug, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 271877
for: Accordion
Item no.: 265905
for: Accordion
Item no.: 265874
Per Harp Solista, 3 Voci Femminili Ad Libitum, 12 Strumenti E 3 Percussionisti (1990)
Score
Item no.: 259974
Per Clarinetto In Si Bem.
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 259875
Partitura
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259803
Per Fl.Corno E Cl.
for: Flute, Horn and Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 259670
Score
Item no.: 261006
pour deux pianos, percussion & orchestre
for: 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 260794
for: Kl, Violoncello, Klavier, Set mit 3 Spielpartituren
Buch
Item no.: 264866
for: Musical
Buch
Item no.: 264848
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Buch
Item no.: 264844
Für Violoncello und Akkordeon (1993)
for: Cello, accordion
Score
Item no.: 264814
for: Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
Score
Item no.: 264800
for: Partitur, Raummusik fuer drei Gruppen und fuenf Einzelspiel
Score
Item no.: 264716
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 264360
Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 268608
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 268607
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