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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.
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1539931
1. Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742702
"Wenn eines Jahres Wirken abgeschlossen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 740974
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 834395
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639994
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Sopranglockenspiel
Item no.: 783717
Klassik
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 1110147
Buch
Item no.: 1174663
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1174360
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1143932
per clarinetto basso
for: Bass clarinet
Score
Item no.: 1162428
Study score
Item no.: 1542440
Choir score
Item no.: 1175558
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1102816
für großes Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1542600
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904034
"Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt"
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Blechbläsern (3.2.2.0)
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 758117
for: 4-7 Spieler und Tonband (ad libitum; von den Ausführenden erstellt) (4-7 Blasinstrumente oder 3-6 Blasinstrumente und 1 Streichinstrument)
Set of parts
Item no.: 781607
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 833875
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138204
Klassik
Buch
Item no.: 1174637
for: Oboe Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1102684
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1137819
für Orchester, großen Chor, Sopran solo, Erzähler,Kontrabassklarinette und Improvisator
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541820
for: Streichquartett und Schlagzeug (1-2 Spieler)
Set of parts
Item no.: 748369
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1350301
Klassik
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 1541195
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1103674
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1102864
für Wolfgang
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541988
Buch
Item no.: 1174122
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1140746
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1174551
for: Vocal Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 834356
2. Egisto "Seinen beiden Frauen"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746939
for: Choral
Buch
Item no.: 1174129
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 834281
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1174576
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1103733
for: Flute, Guitar, Percussion, Soprano
Buch
Item no.: 1174565
für Sopransaxophon in B
for: Saxophone Soprano
Buch
Item no.: 1541927
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1197643
per pianoforte e strumenti
for: Piano and Instrument
Score
Item no.: 1162423
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