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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.
2. Notturno "In einer Nacht"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Vocal and 6 instruments (violin, clarinet, flute, piano, keyboard and bass elettrico)
for: Voice, instruments
Score
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for: Oboe, piano
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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En Jouant A Pousse
for: Viola, piano
Buch
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Solo-Konzert
for: Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Score
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from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Tenorblockflöte
Item no.: 783719
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
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for: Organ and String Orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Musica Sacra
for: GEMEINDE GCH TRP STR ORG
Score
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für doppelchörige Blechbläser
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones; timpani ad lib.
Score (C), Parts
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Klassik
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 977371
per violino e pianoforte
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1215847
for: Organ
Music score
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Versione per sax contralto di M. Mijan
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Score
Item no.: 832275
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
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per l'intera famiglia di oboi e tastiere
for: Oboe and Keyboard
Score
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Blockflötenquartett
Score
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for: Brass band
Score
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Meditation über das Bild "Der tote Christus" von Tizian
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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Klassik
for: Trumpet, organ
Buch
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op. 64
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
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for: Fanfare
Set of parts
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for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
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for: PERC ELEKTRONIK
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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für gemischten Chor a cappella (16-stimmig)
for: Mixed ensemble (16 parts)
Score
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for: FL FAG (VC) KLAV (CEMB)
Single part(n)
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Auftragswerk der Musikakademie Basel
for: A-SAX (S-SAX/KLAR) POS 2 E-GIT VC KLAV
Single part(n)
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Study score
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for: KLAV PRAEPARIERT
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für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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