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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: Soli, SSAA and Soundtrack
Piano reduction
Item no.: 953048
Flöte, Fagott und Violoncello
Partitur
for: Flöte, Fagott und Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 1624422
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 832961
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1141489
3. Unmut "Mich ärgert was dem andern wohlgefällt"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751854
für Sopran und Klavier nach Texten aus dem West-Östlichen Divan
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1541982
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 837228
4. Das Licht auf dem Scheffel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1545364
5 Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625503
for: Viola
Score
Item no.: 390999
Suite For Strings
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1148940
Partitura
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1548568
for two violinsop. 95
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1545434
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791841
for: 2 Flöten, Oboe, Englischhorn und 2 Fagotte
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539104
Secular Cantata
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1108935
Liedchen für Kinder mit eigenen Texten
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1136457
Kammeroper in 2 Akten
for: Solovoice, Choir and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1148862
Quiet Songs
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 1148957
Oper/Operette
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641165
Klassik
for: Tenor, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1542844
Studien für das Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1542400
for: für 2 Violinen
Item no.: 1135013
Three Pieces
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750020
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 923576
Quatuor A Cordes Nø3
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 863555
for: 4-stimmigen Geigenchor oder 4 Geigen allein
Einzelstimme Violine IV
Item no.: 784634
Sovereign Series
for: Concert band
Study score
Item no.: 887423
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 833450
Chorpartitur 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878699
English settings of seven liturgical songs
for: Mixed Choir a Cappella [unison or Solo / SA or TB / SAT] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896222
and other pieces from various operas op. 15a
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 896602
for: Klarinette Violine Cello Klavier
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1562475
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 1548479
for: 7 Blechbläser, Studienpartitur A4
Study score
Item no.: 1542839
für zwei Violinen
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 685865
Inspiration Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 883724
for: Children's choir, clarinet, violin, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 778424
for: Doppelstreichquartett, Vogelstimmen und Schlagz, Studienpartitur
Study score
Item no.: 1542605
op. 64
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 683922
Audio-visual music theatre work
Lyrics
Item no.: 889633
for: SSAATTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 953059
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1139603
Klassik
for: Trombone, Piano and Percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 858398
Five Miniatures
for: Horn, organ
Music score
Item no.: 759821
A Symphonic Portrait In Oil
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1622201
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