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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: Piano
Music score
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for: Organ
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Pantomimischer Tanz nach einem Gedicht von Manuel Machado
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
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Music score
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for: Organ
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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for: Percussion
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for: Violin, piano
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for double bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
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from: Li-Na im Garten
for: Violin
Music score
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Gegenwind - Tegenwind
for: Alt-Blockflöte solo, Ventilator ad libitum
Music score
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for: Percussion ensemble
Study score
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Piano reduction
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Music score
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for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
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for: Bläseroktett und Schlagzeug
Score
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for: Voice, guitar
Book
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Music score
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for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
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for: Soprano or Tenor Saxophone
Book
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for: Violin, string orchestra, percussion
Study score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Violine solo, Chor, Orchester
Study score
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Sonata for double bass and piano
exempla nova 679
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Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin
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For bayan
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Book (Hardcover)
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for: Blockflötenquartett
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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for: Voice (tenor), piano
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for: Orff instruments
Vocal score, ensemble scores
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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for: Flute
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
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for: Piano
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for: Piano 3 hands
Piano reduction
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