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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.
Trent'anni di musica contemporanea in Italia (1959-1988)
Book
Item no.: 781137
Tome 6
Music lesson book
Item no.: 375674
for: school orchestra
Music lesson book
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Ein neuer Weg zur Altblockflöte. Im Selbststudium erlernbar
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: für Orgel und 3-stimmigen Chor ad lib.
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Musique Pratique
Music lesson book
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Tome 5 – Volume 2
Chants d'oiseaux extra-européens
Music lesson book
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10 pièces pour piano
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Music lesson book (anthology)
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Ermutigung und Hilfestellung
Book
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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Memorie e ricerche su Bruno Maderna
Book
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Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft 28
2 Books
Item no.: 134556
for: Recorder
Music lesson book
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für Oboe
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 382521
La musica secondo Luciano Chailly
Book, CD
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Ildebrando Pizzetti. Sulle tracce del modernismo italiano (Retracing Italian Modernism)
Journal of Musicological Studies
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 773233
for: Treble recorder
Music lesson book
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(Zwischen)Räume in der Gegenwartsmusik
Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt Band 60
Book
Item no.: 745504
Théorie de musique
for: Piano
Study book
Item no.: 153875
American, Australian, Japanese and French Folks
Biciniumok 3
Ausztrál, japán, amerikai, francia és romániai magyar népdalok
for: 2 voices (SA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 850619
Übungsheft
A zenei írás-olvasás gyakorló füzetei 6
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 822626
Vol. 1
for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 550621
Wie ein Strom möcht' ich fließen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730988
Tome 7
Music lesson book
Item no.: 374499
Volume 1
for: Xylophone
Music lesson book
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Un libro di studio e di lettura
Music lesson book
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Der Wirbel
for: Snare drum
Music lesson book
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for: Instrument
Music lesson book
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 370551
from "Catulli Carmina"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
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Varios autores y pedagogos rusos
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 770405
Tome 4
Music lesson book
Item no.: 374460
Erläuterungen und Übungen zu neuen Spielweisen auf der Flöte
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 131006
(1964-1989)
I venticinque anni dell'Associazione Musicale Lucchese
Book
Item no.: 781138
for: Women's choir, piano
Piano reduction (2 piano's)
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Texto con ejemplos musicales
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
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Introducción
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
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Philharmonia Taschenpartituren
Book (softcover)
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Il maestro dello spazio immaginario
Book
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Schule
for: Flute
Music lesson book
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for: Guitar
Music score
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Item no.: 124181
Sudien und Übungen
for: Euphonium
Music score
Item no.: 474718
Item no.: 124180
per voce femminile e pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 773350
(in memoriam Armando Gentilucci)
for: Voice (soprano), violin
Music score
Item no.: 773349
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
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