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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: Singstimme (S), Sprecher, gemischter Chor, Instrument
Score
Item no.: 342668
The Piano Version
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131782
for: Double bass
Item no.: 428428
for: 3 Percussionists
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113939
for: Piano
Item no.: 471284
XPT 41
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1632447
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255231
for mixed chorus a cappella or mixed chorus and chamber ensemble to a poem by Mihály Babits
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 256235
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669518
(2010)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346526
sorok, szavak, betűk...
EMB Contemporary Music
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), bassoon, violin
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 466342
for: Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 581896
Klarinét szextett
EMB HI-FI Scores
for: 5 clarinets, piano
Score
Item no.: 256494
for: Bassoon, violin, viola, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 255866
pour trompette en ut ou mib et orgue
for: Trumpet, organ
Music score
Item no.: 296085
Oratorium
for: Trumpet, organ
Buch
Item no.: 481915
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 683537
Concerto pour saxophone soprano (clarinette) et 12 saxophones, red. pour saxophone sopr (klar) et piano
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [saxophon soprano], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 655795
Opera in 3 acts op. 31
Libretto from M. Vörösmarty's drama by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256336
Cantata to poems by János Pilinszky
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256152
for: 4 cellos
Music score
Item no.: 834108
Mozaikok
EMB HI-FI Scores
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 273783
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 658079
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 3 Percussionists
Buch
Item no.: 1541280
Az éjszaka erdeiben
EMB Contemporary Music
for: 15 strings
Score
Item no.: 822571
For the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth
Magyar rapszódia klarinétra és zenekarra
Liszt Ferenc születésének 200. évfordulójára
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 850807
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1682058
for female voice, violin and piano
to poems by e. e. cummings, D. Tandori, W. Blake, S. Weöres and F. Hölderlin
for: Voice, violin, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 256372
for 25 strings
for: String orchestra
Ensemble score
Item no.: 274525
Klassik
for: Percussion [5 Player] and 2 Piano's
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1539890
EMB HI-FI Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256157
for: Clarinet and String Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350774
for 25 strings
for: String orchestra
Ensemble score
Item no.: 274524
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256475
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197519
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 833733
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 1541195
pour saxophone soprano (clarinette) et piano (2009)
Collection Jean Yves Fourmeau
for: Soprano saxophone (B-flat) [clarinet], piano
Music score
Item no.: 635639
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 685103
Sinfonie in 5 Sätzen
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 634971
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 216846
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1140897
10 Caprices (3e Cycle)
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 433652
Opera in 3 acts op. 31
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256337
for: Flute and Organ
Buch
Item no.: 446010
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 461040
Concerto No. 3 trombitára és 15 vonóshangszerre
EMB HI-FI Scores
for: Trumpet, strings
Score
Item no.: 274244
for: Oboe and Percussion
Buch
Item no.: 311704
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