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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.
für Chor (oder Vokalensemble) und Kongregation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish
Choir score
Item no.: 1660340
für 5stimmigen gemischten Chor (1983-1988), op. 45
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664983
für 4stg. gemischten Chor a capella, op. 69C
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658497
für Klavier
for: Piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1668693
für 4 stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella, op. 79 Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660317
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1684550
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 1663063
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1668402
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1669334
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1663046
Three pieces for violoncello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1663085
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1688212
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1688211
for: Bassoon
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1666044
for recorder solo
(soprano, alto and tenor recorder in alternation)
for: Recorder
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678129
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1668797
für Trompeten(n), Orgel und Pauke
for: 1–2 trumpets, organ
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 1658499
für 7 Frauenstimmen, 4-5 gemischte Stimmen (solistisch oder chorisch) und Fernchor ad lib.
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1582003
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 1689173
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1684827
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1687970
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 1668403
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1678136
for voice (with percussion ad lib.)
for: Stimme (mit Schlagzeug ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 1663061
for: Oboe
Instrumental Duet & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665914
for: Voice, alto saxophone (E-flat)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1677774
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: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687974
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1670803
über «Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron»
für Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660338
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1689320
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1655128
aus Carmina Burana
for: Flöte, Flötenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689726
for clarinet quintet
for: Klarinette, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654615
for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1663041
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Stimme (mit Schlagzeug und/oder Summchor ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 1663062
für Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687987
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1678454
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 1667670
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1689334
for: Voice (soprano), harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677775
for: Voice
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1668817
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1678398
Versione per fisarmonica di Claudio Jacomucci
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1672754
(Zongoraszonáta)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1672518
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1689170
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1692154
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