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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.: 222172
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 221716
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
Fassung mit gemischtem Chor
Text: Afrikaans
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624327
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
(Dragomirna)
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Guitar 2
Item no.: 558269
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 220121
op. 162
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236545
Single part Flute
Item no.: 368513
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 206329
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 430345
für Bassklarinette, Vibraphon und Streichorchester
for: Clarinet
Single part(n)
Item no.: 306155
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 220493
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3
Item no.: 220232
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 219001
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 218870
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 218775
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 219490
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219483
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219460
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3
Item no.: 219435
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium, Percussion
Item no.: 219425
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 219377
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219376
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 220037
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 220005
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4, Bass instrument, Electronium
Item no.: 219997
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3, 4 (Bass instrument)
Item no.: 219663
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument, Electronium, Percussion
Item no.: 219658
op. 20
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424504
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1539107
for: Accordion orchestra
Single parts 1, 2 (Accordion)
Item no.: 210802
Single part Accordion 1 (solo)
Item no.: 220203
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Solo (hoch) und Streicher; Blockflöte, Flöte, Oboe, Fagott und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545598
Kantate nach zeitgenössischen Nonsensversen
for: Chor (Mez/Bar), Sprecher und variable Instrumente
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 791154
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784904
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1546256
Geistliche Abendmusik
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Alt oder Bass solo, Orgel oder Cembalo und Streicher
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784316
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783715
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Orgel oder 2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen; Pauke und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Organ
Item no.: 782054
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784686
Moderne Tanzrhythmen zu 4 Stimmen
for: Orchester, Streichorchester oder Blockflötenchor mit Schlagwerk; Violoncello/Bass oder Gitarre/Bassgitarre ad libitum
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 748430
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1684875
(Das rheinische Tantum Ergo)
for: gemischter Chor unisono und Orgel / Blasorchester
Single part Organ
Item no.: 737579
Music for three Violins soloists or groups destined for the group-teaching and adapted to various methods
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 731326
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.: 731272
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