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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: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 127555
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit 3 Trompeten und 2 Posaunen oder Klavier 4-händig
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
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Single part Kettledrum
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Single part Flute 2
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Double bass
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for: Percussion
Single part 3
Item no.: 261524
for: Cello, harp
Single part(n)
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for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 493605
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gemeinde, Orgel, [Bläser o. Orch]
Single part(n)
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Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Trompete 2 in B
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Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
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Klassik
Single part Viola
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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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Single part Accordion 3, 4
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Single part Accordion 1
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Single part Accordion 2, 3
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Single part Accordion 4
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Single part Accordion 3, 4
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Single part Accordion 3, 4
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Single part Accordion 3, 4
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Single part Accordion 1
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Single part Mandola
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4 (Bass instrument), Percussion
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Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
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Single part(n)
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Single part Harpsichord
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Single part Organ
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Petrulus hirrutus
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Single part Double bass
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(liturgisch)
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Single part Cello
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Modern Dance
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
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Spielmusik für 3 Violinen zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden.
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 731274
Spielmusik für 3 Violinen zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden.
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 731271
Lateinamerikanische Tänze
for: Orchestra
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 734593
nach rumänischen Volksliedern
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783758
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783684
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623069
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784900
for: 3 Violinen (solistisch und chorisch)
Single part Violin 3
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