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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.
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 6: Quodlibet
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287695
(Das rheinische Tantum Ergo)op. 14
for: gemischter Chor unisono und Orgel / Blasorchester
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 202516
aus: Die Stücke der Windrose für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205911
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 742
for: Soloists, Mixed Choir, boys' Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198731
4. Nachtgefühl "Tief mit blauer Nachtgewalt"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204899
"Die Schatten nachts umwerben still die Stunde"GeWV 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204712
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 196466
– Copy on request –
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196263
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196255
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 196127
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 203335
1. Frühlingsglaube "Es wandert eine schöne Sage"op. 59
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203270
"Kind, wo bist du hin gewesen?"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202892
Hymnen zur Fronleichnams-Prozession
for: gemischter Chor (2 gleiche oder 4 gemischte Stimmen) mit Bläsern oder Orgel
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 202655
6. Sonett "So lieblich küsst die Sonne nicht"GeWV 57
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204257
1. Spruch "Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein" / 2. Inserat "Die verehrlichen Jungen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204235
2. Mazurka "Die Mazurka lockt" (Polen)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204223
2. Die Weihe der Nacht "Nächtliche Stille"GeWV 55
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204046
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203924
2. Der Weinschwelg "Nun ohne Lügen" (13. Jh.)GeWV 53
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203645
1. Die Gewissheit "Ob ich morgen leben werde"GeWV 53
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203643
op. 45
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 169372
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 169304
for: Harp
Item no.: 130021
für 2 Flöten, Klavier und Schlagzeug op. 61
for: 2 FL KLAV SCHLAGZ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 130785
for: Percussion, orchestra
Item no.: 130182
(Friedrich von Schiller)
for: Choir
Choir parts (Soprano, Alto)
Item no.: 1043718
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019895
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019891
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1019890
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888771
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 888154
Quintet in Twelve Movements
for: Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Piano
Score
Item no.: 888128
for: Violin, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 891833
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 943
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 891784
Klassik
for: Violine, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Flöte, Horn, Oboe und Glockenspiel
Study score
Item no.: 891115
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1261
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 890415
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 892485
Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 894948
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 894600
"Was Amsel, Esel, Grille singt"
for: Frauenchor (SSA) mit Klavier oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 375987
for: für 12 Violoncellisten
Study score
Item no.: 372767
12 Evocations for 12 Strings
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369650
Miniaturen
for: 3 Guitars
Score
Item no.: 363729
for: für drei Orchester, zwei davon auf einem vorher zu produzierenden Tonband
Partitur
Item no.: 328100
Sechs Variationen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 294340
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293585
für Viola und Streicher
for: VA STR
Study score
Item no.: 310443
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