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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.
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1583153
für 1 oder 2 Große Trommeln
for: Drum kit
Score
Item no.: 1587266
für Violine und Orchester
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1587259
Text von André Bücker unter Verwendung von Jean Paul und Lord Byron
for: Solists, Choir and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1587251
for solo 'cello with 2 bows
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 1587263
für Trompete, Horn, Posaune und Tuba (4 performance scores)
for: Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1587267
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1584667
Loops for Werner
for: Voice and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1587258
for Large Ensemble
for: Large Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1587273
Konzertante Fassung
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1587272
dished up for 1 (to 3) percussionist/s and sample
for: Percussion [3 Player]
Buch + Online-Audio
Item no.: 1587249
für Klavier und Streicherensemble
for: String Ensemble and Piano
Score
Item no.: 1587247
für Streicher (5 performance scores)
for: Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1587264
2019/2020
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1587265
for 16 Voices, Whips, and Ensemble
for: Choir and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1587274
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1611427
(1941–1950)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1582002
(1939–1948)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582007
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566818
Edited and completed by Claus-Dieter Ludwig
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566726
(1941–1952)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566722
for clarinet quintet
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566728
LIBRO I (2020)
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 1566700
for: Voice (baritone), percussion, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1566696
per ensemble (2018)
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1566703
per coro e 17 strumenti (2020)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 1566701
(2019)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1566702
Concerto per Pianoforte e Orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1566699
for: Trumpet (C), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1566565
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1566557
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566554
Fantasy on a Gregorian Melody
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1566555
Quartetto 6
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1566422
Klavierauszug vom Komponisten
Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1565665
Klassik
for: Saxophonquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1637354
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1563592
für historische Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1563107
Meditations on the Relief Panels of the Kefermarkter Altarpiece
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1563104
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1563106
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1562787
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1562774
The Fury of Our Concepts
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1562788
Musik für Orchester mit Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1562626
pour voix et support audio
for: Voice, audio tape
Music score
Item no.: 1561075
Erste Sonate über Gestalten von Shakespeare
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 1544272
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1544271
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