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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: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gesang, Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 883073
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 877131
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Singpartitur
Item no.: 873805
for: Sopran solo, Streichquartett
Score
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for: Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score
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for: Organ
Ensemble score
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for: Organ
Ensemble score
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Viola 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score
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for: Singstimme (S), 2 Klavier
Score
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score
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Single part(n)
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for Violoncello solo
Peters East German Library 1949-1990
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 380022
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380021
for: Percussion, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score
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for: Singstimme (B), EHorn, Horn, Tuba, Viola, Schlagzeug
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score
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for: OB HRN VA VC
Study score
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
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for: Flute, viola, guitar
Study score
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for: FL OB KLAR HRN STR
Study score
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for: Trumpet, piano
Piano reduction
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Aufführungsmaterial
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for: Sopran, Flöte, Violoncello und 2 Percussion
Score, Parts
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Item no.: 863986
for: Piano
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for: 2 pianos
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Piccolo, orchestra
Score
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Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano, string orchestra
Score
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for: Tuba und Orchester
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for: Tuba und Orchester
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Vokalpartitur
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for: Organ
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Sopran (Glockenspiel, Tam-Tam), Flöte (Piccolo-Flöte, Alt-Querflöte), Flöte (Bass-Querflöte), Viola, Violoncello, Harfe, Klavier und Percussion
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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