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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.
Flautando Edition
for: 5 recorders (AATBG), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693920
für Kammerorchester (1935/37)
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 661777
Short Version
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194001
Die Schöpfungsgeschichte, verdeutscht von Martin Buber für Echo-Gruppe (solistisch oder chorisch) und Chor, ohne oder mit Orchester. A-cappella-Version
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664578
(1976)
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 1022638
Herta Steingroever gewidmet
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 645330
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666577
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682706
Klassik
for: 2 violins
Book
Item no.: 1109849
zur Tausendjahrfeier der Christianisierung Rußlands
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1658409
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1666617
for: Cello
Item no.: 1592421
(2016)
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1349797
for: SATB/SATB, Brass Ensemble or Chamber Orchestra, or Organ and Trumpet
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039999
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1558101
Book
Item no.: 1563610
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 834175
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 668451
Ballata (SSolo aus dem Chor) nach einem Text von Francesco Petrarca (italienisch, deutsche Übersetzung beigegeben)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658191
Cara Collega
for: Soprano/High Voice Solo, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1040918
for: Sopran solo, Flöte, Violine, Cello, Klavier
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1557591
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 488927
for: 2 saxophones
Buch
Item no.: 187102
mittelschwer - schwer (1. - 5. Lage)
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 469740
for: Organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 469734
Duos
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 188799
Klassik
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 189381
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 576364
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE KLARINETTE KLARINETTE SOLO
Item no.: 604833
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604608
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 192847
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 174804
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 563484
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 172122
for: 2 PIanos 6 Hands
Buch
Item no.: 148135
Das Schulorchester 14 Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 143907
TOTEN MOTETTE FUER GEM CHOR
A CAPPELLA, PARTITUR
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA GEISTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 119370
2 Saxophones Altos Le 2E Jouant De La Percussion
for: 2 alto saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 331413
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1562197
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1557463
Collection Anne Ricquebourg
for: Celtic harp
Music score
Item no.: 817297
für Sopran und Posaune
for: Voice (soprano), trombone
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 675182
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675067
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Viola, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 921033
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 775328
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181284
for: Bass Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612308
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1561142
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