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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: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 397057
for: Trumpet, organ
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for: Viola, string orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Item no.: 467943
for: TRP-C (TRP-A) OB FAG CEMB (+ KB)
Item no.: 162059
for: Piccolo, Flute and Alto Flute
Set of parts
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for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 273480
for: Klavier, E-Bass / Kontrabass, Schlagzeug
Score, Parts
Item no.: 459561
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 459558
for: Tuba, strings
PAR ST
Item no.: 149490
for: BFL 1 2
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 194916
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 290566
for: STR (+ PK)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333094
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 367084
Kleine Kantate nach romantischen Texten
for: Sopran, Oboe, Bratsche und Violoncello
Stimmensatz Instrumentalstimmen
Item no.: 747992
7. Retour de Melancolie "En verrai ge jamais"
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738978
for: 2 Violinen und Violoncello (solistisch oder chorisch)
Stimmensatz solistisch
Item no.: 733700
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117) / Lasset das Wort Christi (Kol. 3,16-17)
for: Männerchor (TTBB); Orgel ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 733471
4. Wales: Gwenllian
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733397
2. Lady's Lament - Frauenklage
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733263
(Friedrich von Schiller)
for: gemischter Chor und Instrumente
Chorstimme Männerstimmen
Item no.: 784434
Die Landsknechte
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 784277
"Soomer is i-coomen in"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 729144
"Du, Herr, bist der Begleiter meiner Wanderfahrt"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Tenor solo, Streichorchester und Harfe (Orgelpositiv) oder mit Orgel
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 749998
for: 3 Trompeten in C und Streichorchester
Solostimme Trompete I in C
Item no.: 754059
for: gemischter Chor, Sopran- und Bariton-Solo und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 758354
zum Fest des Hl. Antonius von Padua "Der Geist Gottes, des Herrn, ruht auf mir"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742723
Five Miniatures
for: Horn, organ
Music score
Item no.: 759821
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Tenorblockflöte
Item no.: 783719
"Das mir alles das hold sei" (nach dem Orff-Schulwerk)
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782729
(Mähren)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782702
2. Nachts / 3. Begegnung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782699
1. Vom Hausregiment "Es ist gewiss ein frommer Mann"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747121
(Deutsches Volkslied)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746904
Geistliche Abendmusik
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Alt oder Bass solo, Orgel oder Cembalo und Streicher
Choir score
Item no.: 782000
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 728070
Kantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Orchester
Einzelstimme Sopran- / Alt-Glockenspiel
Item no.: 727545
Kantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Orchester
Einzelstimme Sopran- / Alt-Xylophon
Item no.: 727543
for: 4-stimmigen Geigenchor oder 4 Geigen allein
Einzelstimme Violine IV
Item no.: 784634
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791841
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791832
"Die Sterne sind erblichen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 740096
Kantate nach zeitgenössischen Nonsensversen
for: Chor (Mez/Bar), Sprecher und variable Instrumente
Einzelstimme 3. Stimme in C
Item no.: 791150
Kantate nach zeitgenössischen Nonsensversen
for: Chor (Mez/Bar), Sprecher und variable Instrumente
Einzelstimme 2. Stimme in C
Item no.: 791148
"Damit Euer Gnaden"
for: Männerchor (TTTBBB), Solo (T) und 3 Sprecher
Chorstimme Bass I / II / III
Item no.: 791115
(Offenbarung 3, 14-21), Motette
for: gemischter Chor (SSAT/ATBB)
Choir score (Choir 1)
Item no.: 791059
"Kind, wo bist du hin gewesen?"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751921
3. Unmut "Mich ärgert was dem andern wohlgefällt"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751854
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