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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.
Item no.: 124181
Sudien und Übungen
for: Euphonium
Music score
Item no.: 474718
Item no.: 124180
(in memoriam Armando Gentilucci)
for: Voice (soprano), violin
Music score
Item no.: 773349
per voce femminile e pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 773350
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778173
Audio-CD
Item no.: 613156
(Canzone per Elio)
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776857
Ein Gespräch
fragment 35
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 490642
Favola per musica tratta da fiabe di Collodi, Grimm, Perrault
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 260303
Lady Macbeth del Distretto di Mcensk
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778613
en 11 andere bekende kerstliedjes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772929
en 11 andere bekende kerstliedjes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772923
en 11 andere bekende kerstliedjes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772816
for flute solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 634819
for: Harp
Item no.: 376261
for: Viola [violin/cello], string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 678397
for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 428813
for 2 and 3 violas
for: 2–3 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 610100
Ten pieces for harp based on songs of various Jewish communities
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 648985
for: Violin, harp
Item no.: 364519
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 380183
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753396
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730721
Tratschende Frauen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730989
aus dem "Gloria" für gemischten Chor, Sopran-Solo und Orchester
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740388
Nr. 3 aus: Drei Chorlieder vom Wein
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733627
An meinem Grab zu singen; Nr. 3 aus: Hesse-Lieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733616
from "Carmina Burana"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 730986
zum Fest des Hl. Antonius von Padua
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740389
Wie ein Strom möcht' ich fließen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730988
from "Catulli Carmina"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730987
Nr. 1 aus: Idegen földön
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731009
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn"; Nr. 8 aus: Acht Chorlieder
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740356
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