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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: Voice (soprano), harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677775
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689964
Lieder nach Gedichten von Nora Gomringer
(2020/21)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690094
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689966
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1689957
for 8 cellos
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684382
Text selected from ancient Pompeiian graffiti
HPS 1682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681184
pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, clarinette basse, basson, cor, trompette, trombone, violon, alto, violoncelle, contrebasse
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1681176
for recorder solo
(soprano, alto and tenor recorder in alternation)
for: Recorder
Set of parts
Item no.: 1678129
for: Voice, alto saxophone (E-flat)
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1677774
Teil 3. Die Moderne
for: Organ
Book
Item no.: 1669278
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 1668820
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1668797
for: Voice
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1668817
Fourteen pieces
on poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668857
Zwei Lieder auf Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke
for: Voice (soprano), viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645604
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1629797
for: Violin, chamber orchestra
Single edition
Item no.: 1544284
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566818
for clarinet quintet
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566728
for: Trumpet (C), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1566565
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1566557
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566554
Fantasy on a Gregorian Melody
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1566555
Klavierauszug vom Komponisten
Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1565665
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1563106
The Fury of Our Concepts
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1562788
Erste Sonate über Gestalten von Shakespeare
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 1544272
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1544271
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1544273
Contemporary
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1559329
Études Électriques 3
for: Cello, live electronics
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1558570
Études Électriques 1
for: Violin [viola], electronics
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1558571
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1553029
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1553021
for two baritone saxophones
for: 2 baritone saxophones
Score
Item no.: 1553050
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1552226
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1552093
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1346744
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1355658
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1355659
for: Cor anglais
Music score
Item no.: 1550483
sur des poèmes d'Alphonse de Lamartine
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1549552
für Sopran und Klavier
for: Soprano and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1541680
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1343388
édition de Frédéric Zigante
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1340908
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1534615
33 Choralvorspiele durch das Kirchenjahr von zeitgenössischen Komponistinnen
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1340795
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