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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.
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Alleluja - Lobet den Herrn im Himmel
for: Male choir
Score
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O Fischer auf den Wellen
for: Male choir
Score
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for: Clarinet, orchestra
Single part clarinet solo
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Organ
Ensemble score
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Hommage a Händel
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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per due pianoforti
for: 2 pianos
Music score
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über ein ungarisches Lied, Blockflöten-Chor (Blfl. -Quartett) Klav. , Schlz.
for: BFL ENSEMBLE KLAV
Ensemble score
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for: Organ
Ensemble score
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Kirchenliedsaetze
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Score
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Eine Montage Mindestbesetzung: Spr, Klav 4ms, Schlz
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Set of parts
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Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Kontrabass
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Double bass (orchestral part)
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Northumbrian Folksong
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Treble recorder (single part)
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Single part Violin 2
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Kantate
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for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
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Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Fagott
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Bassoon (orchestral part)
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Single part Violin 1
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Single part Violin 1
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Single part Viola
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Single part Violin 2
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Music for three Violins soloists or groups destined for the group-teaching and adapted to various methods
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Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
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