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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.
Das Schulorchester 6
for: STR (+ PK)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333094
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 584691
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 584689
Piano reduction
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for: Cello, chamber orchestra
Solo parts
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Condensed Score
for: Concert band
Score
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Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1177891
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
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Original Version
Buch
Item no.: 1173949
for: Guitar, piano
Buch
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Romanze im Volkston - Russian Edition
for: Frauenstimme und Violine
Item no.: 1632814
für Klarinette (in B), Viola und Cello
for: Clarinet, viola, cello
3 Performance scores
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for: Flute, violin, piano
Score
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2 Trp, 2 Pos
Item no.: 119870
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117575
for: OB EHRN KLAV
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für Bariton und Instrumentalensemble
for: GES-M (BAR) ENSEMBLE
Score
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Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117) / Lasset das Wort Christi (Kol. 3,16-17)
for: Männerchor (TTBB); Orgel ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 733471
2. Notturno "In einer Nacht"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751750
Vocal and 6 instruments (violin, clarinet, flute, piano, keyboard and bass elettrico)
for: Voice, instruments
Score
Item no.: 778210
Partitur
Partitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 644857
Schalom alechem
für Kinderchor (Frauenchor) a cappella
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Score
Item no.: 660707
for: Voice (S/A), flute, 2 clarinets, viola, cello
Set of parts
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for: EHRN KB CEMB (KLAV)
Score, Parts
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for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 286460
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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En Jouant A Pousse
for: Viola, piano
Buch
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Score
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5. Heimliches Glück "Mir kommt zuweilen wohl ein Tag"op. 33
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Choir score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Percussion instruments
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Solo-Konzert
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Score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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Inspiration Series
for: Concert band
Score
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Player's Score
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Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
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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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for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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
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per violino e pianoforte
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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