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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: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Score
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Score
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Score
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for: KLAR TRP KLAV AKK SCHLAGZ VC
Score
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Single part (Organ solo)
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for: BFL ENSEMBLE KLAV
Ensemble score
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for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Streicher, 3 Schlagzeug
Score
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for: Singstimme (mittel), (MEZZ) Klarinette, Violine, Violoncello, Klavier
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: FL SCHLAGZ GIT
Score
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for: Salon orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Harp
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for: Percussion, orchestra
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Single part(n)
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Study score
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for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: 4 Saxophone
Item no.: 1586358
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott und Orchester
Study score
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for: Sopran-solo, Bass-solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester
Set of parts
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for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme
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for: Soprano Voice, Clarinet and Piano
Score, Parts
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for: JugendChoir [SATB] and Instrumente
Book
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for: 15 Solo String Instruments
Score, Parts
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Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Soloists, Mixed Choir, boys' Choir and Chamber Orchestra
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Choir score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Bassoon
Music score
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for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
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for: Strings and 2 Horns
Study score
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for: Soloists [SMezA] and Orchestra
Study score
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for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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for: VA MARIMBA
2 Performance scores
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for: Violin, piano
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for: 2 FL KLAV SCHLAGZ
Ensemble score
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for: für Singstimmen ( 1-2 stimmig) und Klavier
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