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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: Saxophone and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 432540
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soloists, Choir and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 921026
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Viola, Alto Voice and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 922235
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 923018
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Percussion and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 921409
for: Choir [SATB]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 920886
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 6 Voices and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 922374
Opéra-bouffe pour 4 chanteurs et 9 instruments
for: 4 voices (SSAB), chamber ensemble
Music score
Item no.: 921822
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921400
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 Narrators, Barirone Voice, Choir and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 921440
Klassik
for: TTBB and Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 984136
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 922578
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920956
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 921754
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 921363
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 921035
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Tenor or Soprano Saxophone and Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 630616
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violin, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 922951
for: Symphonic orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 922317
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Organ and Chamber Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 987680
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 630677
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Score
Item no.: 921211
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 987682
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Narrator, Ensemble and Electronic
Score, Parts
Item no.: 630638
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soprano, Men´s Choir and Small Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 921411
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 8 Mixed Voices and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 922313
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Theremin and Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920939
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 5 Voices and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 921964
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 Electric Guitars and Orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 922884
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 922665
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 920969
Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 1623646
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 983740
For Piano And String Orchestra
for: Piano, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1622084
For Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1622321
Details – Zusammenhänge
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 172006
for: Clarinet and Tape
Score, Parts
Item no.: 347441
Quintet in Twelve Movements
for: Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 902836
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Trompete, Horn, Bass-Klarinette und Fagott
Set of parts
Item no.: 287473
Eine Sammlung von Liedern
for: Mezzosopran, Tenor und Instrumentalgruppen (15 Spieler)
Study score
Item no.: 352510
Music and Temporality in the Romantic Era
Buch
Item no.: 920586
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 141954
music theatre after Walter Benjamin
exempla nova 457
Study score
Item no.: 1552872
für Klavier und Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674050
for: 2 Klaviere zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 113111
for: für Blechbläser, Schlagzeug und Kontrabässe
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 190398
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 778479
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 472856
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