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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: Flute, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549906
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931997
für Altsaxophon und Klavier (1987)
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649812
for: für Chor SATB/ SATB und 2 Orgeln
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 225054
Music for the Filmop. 116
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1611107
for Solo Viola da Gamba
for: Viola da gamba
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1617014
Version for Solo Tuba, Two Pianos, and Two Percussionists
for: Solo Tuba, zwei Klaviere und zwei Schlagzeuge
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1616904
for: Clarinet (B-flat), double bass, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1553020
Canone per moto contrario e al rovescio, con un breve intermezzo
for: Flute, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 162983
ad honorem Johannis Sebastiani Bachop. 122
for: für Streichtrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 161860
for: Flute, guitar
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1636438
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 627319
Acht Stücke
for: Flute, harp
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 635716
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 553987
6 Orchesterlieder Nr. 2
for: für Gesang und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300301
nach dem Lied „Der Mond ist aufgegangen“
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 776159
Transkription für Gitarre von Reinbert Evers
for: Gitarre
Spielpartitur, Faksimile
Item no.: 1108111
V
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758531
A Fantasy for Organ On Bach
for: Organ
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619839
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 113168
aus "Eichendorff-Liederbuch" (1965)
Bärenreiter-Chorreihe
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gitarren (2), Klavier, Cembalo ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 116668
Study score
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 131644
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 124239
op. 31
for: für Orchester für 2 Klaviere
Item no.: 112008
Sinfonia 5op. 63
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144625
for: 4 trumpets
Set of parts
Item no.: 157821
aus "La terra promessa"
for: GCH SCHLAGZ
Study score
Item no.: 103022
for: Flute, cello, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 103012
for: für Sopran und 4 Instrumente (Violine,Viola,Violoncello und Klavier)
Set of parts
Item no.: 138814
aus "Eichendorff-Liederbuch" (1965)
Bärenreiter-Chorreihe
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gitarren (2), Klavier, Cembalo ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 873543
für Flöte (oder mehrere Flöten unisono oder Altflöte oder Bassflöte)
for: Flute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 381720
für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 494136
for: Alto flute
Music score
Item no.: 584755
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Item no.: 285022
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 286646
H 172
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 549412
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 551797
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1197765
Edition for Horn and Piano
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1670744
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1015189
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 182138
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 613115
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762635
op. 22
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539099
op. 92
for: Flöte und 2 Violinen
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539087
op. 29
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 1208093
for: Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591965
Klassik
for: Piano Quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 861764
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