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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.
per violino
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 832672
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
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arr. from Concerto No.1 for Organ & Strings
for: Organ and 2 Pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1197717
Partitur
Score
Item no.: 1622726
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1103814
for solo voice. Inspired by Schubert's lieder.
for: solo voice
Buch
Item no.: 1542160
for: Bariton Saxophone, Choir and Piano
Buch
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Klassik
for: Mezzo Soprano and Viola d'Amore
Buch
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B, 1-4st. gemischter Chor, Streicher, Orgel.
Item no.: 1616093
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flexible ensemble
Study score
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Item no.: 1616655
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Orchestra
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Percussion
Score
Item no.: 1542178
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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"Soomer is i-coomen in"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 729144
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Flute, clarinet
Ensemble score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Bassoon
Score
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Klassik
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Music score
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for: SATB, Brass Ensemble, Organ, Percussion
Choir score
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Item no.: 1616846
for soprano saxophone and harp
for: Soprano Saxophone and Harp
Buch
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for clarinet doubling bass clarinet, trumpet, two marimbas, piano and double bass
for: Ensemble
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Children's Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Mixed Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Percussion
Score
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Suite
for: Orchestra
Score
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Premier livre
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Noten endgültige Fassung
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for junior string orchestra or two violins and violoncello or violin, viola and violoncello
ifjúsági vonószenekarra vagy két hegedűre és gordonkára vagy hegedűre, mélyhegedűre és gordonkára
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
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Klassik
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Klassik
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Book
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Score
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for: Celtic Harp
Buch
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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for: Male choir (TTBarBB) a cappella
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Motet
for: Männerchor (TTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Gegenwartsmusik
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Music score
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for tenor and piano
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: TTBB and Ensemble
Book
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for: Flute, bassoon
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Klassik
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Buch
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