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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 guitars
Ensemble score
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for Violin, Horn and Piano
for: Violin, horn, piano
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(Paraphrase grégorienne n°2)
for: Organ
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
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for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score
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Klassik
for: 4 Mixed Voices
Book
Item no.: 1194339
(unter dem Pseudonym "Robert Eaves" veröffentlicht)
for: Bass trombone, piano
Score, part
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir score
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PM Europe Publications
for: Marimba
Music score
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for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Flute and String Trio
Buch
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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pour accordéon, violon et violoncelle
for: Violin, cello, accordion
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for: Piano
Klavierpartitur, CD
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for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
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for bass clarinet duo
for: 2 bass clarinets (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 683494
für Baß-Klarinette
Harry Sparnaay gewidmet
for: Bass clarinet
Music score
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für tiefe Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
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for: Accordion, viola
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Begleitpublikation zu den Hommage-Konzerten in Basel April-Mai 2006
Book (softcover)
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Aus den Vortragsmitschriften von Ludwig Zenk, Siegfried Oehlgiesser, Rudolf Schopf und Erna Apostel
Veröffentlichungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung Band 8
Book (Hardcover)
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für vier Flöten (auch Piccolo und Altflöte)
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Horn
Music score
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für Gesang und Streichquartett
Lee Hoiby gewidmet
for: Voice, strings
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Simrock Original Edition
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A Monodrama
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Book
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für Singstimme solo
for: Voice
Music score
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Gegenwartsmusik
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Music score
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op. 1
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7 Etudes, No. 4
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for viola
for: Viola
Music score
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Bärenreiter Urtext
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Study score
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for: 3 trumpets
Set of parts
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
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study for Solo Piano
for: Piano
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for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
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for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
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Suite in 17 movements for solo organ movements 11-17
Vol. III
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
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for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Viola, piano
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for: Altblockflöte (Querflöte, Oboe, Violine) und Klavier
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Air pour l'orchestre
for: Orchestra
Study score
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