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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: 4 Saxophones [SATBar]
Study score
Item no.: 256820
for: Orchester mit Samplingkeyboard, Partitur
Score
Item no.: 205453
Buch
Item no.: 163241
for: Mand, Gitarre, Harfe [alle dritteltönig], Studienpartitur A5
Study score
Item no.: 1542596
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1346467
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Buch
Item no.: 490062
for: Latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 264827
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 264965
for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 325453
for: 2 TRP POS TUBA HRN
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 342042
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000420
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 643600
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 1548228
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1548223
Score
Item no.: 1548128
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1547923
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 778614
for: Voice, instruments
Score
Item no.: 778223
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, live electronics
Score
Item no.: 777691
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 776845
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 776485
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 775747
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1548170
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 776639
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 259732
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 259659
for: Orchestra and Piano
Score
Item no.: 259524
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259458
for: 2 Violins and Viola
Score
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for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 259161
Score
Item no.: 259156
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 259089
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 259065
for: Mixed ensemble
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383193
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383118
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 382490
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part oboe solo
Item no.: 685437
for: Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Piano
Score
Item no.: 888128
for: Guitar
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 797239
for: 5 wind instruments
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 494157
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
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for: Woodwind ensemble
Score
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