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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: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832676
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1677491
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1672863
Versione per fisarmonica di Claudio Jacomucci
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1672754
(Zongoraszonáta)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1672518
Musica di scena per orchestra per il dramma ommonimo di Imre Madách
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1672515
A musical pantomime for seven instrumentalists (trumpet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, piano, violin)
Hawkes Pocket Scores 1600
for: Trumpet, percussion, mandolin, guitar, harp, piano, violin
Study score
Item no.: 1672125
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1670803
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1669334
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669349
Teil 3. Die Moderne
for: Organ
Book
Item no.: 1669278
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 1668820
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1668797
Fifteen pieces
on poems by Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668852
on the chorale "Vor deinenThron tret ich hiermit"
by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 668)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 1668822
for: Voice
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1668817
Fourteen pieces
on poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668857
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1668402
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 1668403
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 1667670
Elf Lieder auf Texte von Friedrich Schlegel
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1666895
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660304
50 Variations by Women Composers Worldwide
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1655530
geeignet für jedes Instrument oder Kombination von Instrumenten, ausführliche Aufführungshinweise
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1655363
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1655128
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1654748
Nine meditations
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1653411
Choralvorspiele für EG und GL
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1652499
Ersetzt SIK2224
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640577
The Year 1905
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640580
Oktett
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651249
for clarinet duo
for: 2 clarinets
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
Item no.: 1650865
per violino
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1650852
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640578
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1646235
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1646248
Pieces for Sam & Jill
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1646249
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1646234
Sieben Variationen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646233
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 897246
Zwei Lieder auf Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke
for: Voice (soprano), viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645604
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1644962
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1644930
Klassik
for: Violin, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643003
16 singers
for: SATB, Harp and Cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1643018
12 singers
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1643017
Klassik
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643011
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