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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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 1542007
Internationales Symposion Basel 2001
Veröffentlichungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung 9
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 172808
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for horn (2017/2018)
for: Horn
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Voice (tenor), piano
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for mixed choir and piano
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
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for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
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for: Voice (soprano), flute, harp
Ensemble score
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for: 6 Männerstimmen (AATBarBarB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 353903
Text with musical examples
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 290100
The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 770308
für gemischten Chor a cappella (2007)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100862
MUSA – Music of the United States Vol. 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 635514
Opera in two files, eight pictures and an epilogue
according to the Novelle of the same name by Zofia Posmysz
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664732
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 635762
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120759
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456992
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456924
Exercises For Advancing Players
for: Treble recorder
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 489041
for Tuba (2018)
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 1541798
for: Choir, Piano and Strings
CD
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Ein Kompendium mit Anmerkungen zur gesamten Oboenfamilie
for: Oboe
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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Music lesson book
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für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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from the Tempest Suite
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198730
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur with piano line for rehearsal only
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Score
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Set of parts
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for: Piano
Music score (reprint), Playback-CD
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 239003
Entstanden zwischen 1965 und 1970 für verschiedene Schauspiel- und Zeichentrickfilme
in estnischen Kinderzimmern ein Klassiker
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649498
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
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for voice and piano or harpsichord
for: mittlere Stimme und Klavier oder Cembalo
Piano reduction
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for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Study score
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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24 acrobatic pieces for young pianists.
for: Piano
Music score
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