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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.
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557530
für Violoncello und Orchester
Single part
Item no.: 305938
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 160627
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1557910
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420354
Single part (Piano solo)
Item no.: 187077
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 219986
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4 (Bass instrument), Percussion
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
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for violoncello and guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars, cello
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 1478451
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 482984
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 420090
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385690
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305601
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 127552
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 222186
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 222172
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 221716
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part mandolin (solo)
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for cello and orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Cello
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Petrulus hirrutus
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Single part Double bass
Item no.: 795528
(liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB), Sopran solo und Orchester
Single part Cello
Item no.: 791178
for: 2 Holzbläser (Flöten, Alt-Blockflöten oder Flöte und Oboe) und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
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for: gemischter Chor (SMezAB), Streicher und Klavier
Single part Violin 1
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for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Single part Trumpet 2 (B-flat)
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for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Single part Trumpet 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1546082
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 293592
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 1544911
Modern Dance
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 733684
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)
Item no.: 623076
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
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
Item no.: 784624
for: für Spielmusikgruppen Violine 2
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1135246
for: Flute, string orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 649372
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), 3 (2) Klaviere und Schlagzeug (5 Spieler)
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 155475
for: Orchestra
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784892
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Oboe 2
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676841
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 218325
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bassoon 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657265
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 284830
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