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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: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 220200
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument, Electronium, Percussion
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium
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Kirchenliedproprium für Orgel
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420367
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 386787
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Posaune 1
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 619667
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420142
6 Choralvorspiele für Orgel
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Single part Organ
Item no.: 420352
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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Cello (orchestral part)
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for: Klavier und Streichorchester mit Flöte oder Violine
Single part Cello
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Music for three Violins soloists or groups destined for the group-teaching and adapted to various methods
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Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 731334
Northumbrian Folksong
for: Kinderchor (Mez) und 3 Blockflöten (SSA)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 748840
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 301456
for: Orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 784905
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784768
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784684
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Single part Flute
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Single part Harp
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for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
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Kantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Orchester
Single part Viola
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for: String orchestra, percussion
Single part Violin 2
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Single part Violin 1
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for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
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for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 783814
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 340038
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Single part Organ
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Single part Organ
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for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
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for: Cello, orchestra
Single part (Cello solo)
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for: Violin, cello
Single part
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for: Accordion
Single part(n)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 222174
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 222187
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 221714
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222188
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 222793
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4 (Bass instrument)
Item no.: 219901
for: Clarinet
Single part clarinet solo
Item no.: 646402
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 221954
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium
Item no.: 221700
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