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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.
First Prize Winner - The Frank Ticheli Composition Contest
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668811
I Tre Re
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014664
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016889
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015698
Quatuor A Strings
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 268113
Oper mit einem Text von Händl Klaus
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541761
"Répétitions"
for: 3 Vocoders, 3 synthesizers, drum machine
Score
Item no.: 1556470
für Streicher (5 performance scores)
for: Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1587264
Testbatterie in acht Akten
for: Percussions
Score
Item no.: 1542151
for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 289257
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556472
LKM Music
for: Mixed ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874317
großes Orchester
Partitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1622603
EG 1–535
Set: 7 Bände
for: Organ
7 music scores
Item no.: 868840
Oper in 2 Akten nach Hartmann von Aue und Felicitas Hoppe
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541701
Suite
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198545
Kantate für Alt, Tenor, Countertenor, Bass, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1105785
Opera in Two Acts
for: Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 893208
Nativity Oratorio for Soloists, Chorus, Children's Chorus, and Orchestra
for: Soloists, Mixed Choir, Children's Choir and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 643591
for: 3 guitars, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552997
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145424
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145202
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145416
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013226
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297062
Suite aus der Oper "Don Chisciotte della Mancia"
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1544970
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 12 Female Singers and Trumpet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 921535
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198281
for piano and string orchestra with percussion
for: Klavier, Streichorchester und Schlagzeug
Score
Item no.: 1545963
Eisler Complete Works (EGW) Series I/10
Score
Item no.: 313605
an opera in nine scenes 2018-2019
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 1541883
Sovereign Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889088
Oper/Operette
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837639
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1541886
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031881
Sovereign Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 461413
Sovereign Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865320
for 5 players
for: for 5 players
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1541909
for: Klarinette und Live-Elektronik
Item no.: 206260
Per 5 Flauti, 5 Trombe E Organo
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 482719
Per 11 Strumentisti (1984)
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 482717
Musiktheorie
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 884432
Teil 2, Skizzen
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 168179
Kritischer Bericht, Skizzen, Fragmente
Band 20 (kritischer Bericht) (Critical Report)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 101771
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 1331540
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1560116
Oratorium für Mezzosopran, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloist (mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1105779
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