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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.
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 272291
Klassik
for: Clarinet, harp
Buch
Item no.: 270126
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 269835
Sudien und Übungen
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 271426
for: Viola, cello, double bass
Ensemble score
Item no.: 276725
für Blockflöten-Ensemble 6 Spieler
for: Recorder ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307484
for: Organ
Item no.: 296888
for: KLAR (BAS)
Item no.: 289423
2 Scores
Item no.: 556761
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296090
for: VL EHRN (HRN) CEMB
Item no.: 122248
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 140798
for: 3 recorders (SSB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 427726
for: Clarinet
Item no.: 286577
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 286280
für 6 Blockflöten (1982 / 83) 6 Spieler:
for: 6 recorders
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 283108
Choralmotette
Canto Ergo Sum 21
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 464604
Studio Reihe
for: Trumpet, concert band
Item no.: 367306
for: 4 Klarinetten
Buch
Item no.: 368667
for: 3 violas
3 Partituren
Item no.: 443625
for: Trumpet, harp [piano]
Item no.: 432315
for: SPR BFL QUINTETT
Score, Parts
Item no.: 602069
für Jugendliche oder Amateure
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560833
for: Percussion, piano
Item no.: 181510
from "The Gadfly"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665188
for: Saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612881
für zwei Klaviere
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 656116
for: Piano, keyboard
Music score
Item no.: 655981
for: 2 BL CH PK
Item no.: 336979
for: 4 Posaune, Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 584623
for: Flute, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 334801
pour 12 voix mixtes et orgue
for: Mixed choir (8-12 parts); organ ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 149122
für drei Posaunen
for: 3 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 456517
für Violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 634570
for: Mixed Quintet
Buch
Item no.: 834020
Oper/Operette
for: Opera in One Act
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1041029
for: Soprano Solo, SATB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040084
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 343823
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612473
for: Flute, chamber orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 666753
for: FL (VL) VC GIT
Item no.: 312257
for: Vocal Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 461046
Werkreihe für Bläser
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 112532
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 564463
for: Cello
Item no.: 314325
H90N
for: 3 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635495
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631876