The classical modern period, 1900-1945, saw a great deal of cultural change, and many different composers helped shape the musical landscape of the early 20th century. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Classical Modern Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of classical modernism with Stretta Music today
The horrors of World War I brought about such a shift in perspective, that art would never be the same again. The cultural and social changes that had already begun at the end of the 19th century led to new prospects, which were mirrored and expressed through various innovative artistic movements, them sum of which is called Classic Modernism.
During the 20th century, the boundaries of tonality were stretched so far that one could no longer speak of tonal music. The most striking examples of this are polytonality, employed by composers like Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, and Charles Ives, and to an even greater extent serialism, the twelve-tone music of Arnold Schönberg and his students.
The rise of nationalism in the late 19th century sparked a great interest in rediscovering folk music. New technical developments, such as the invention of the phonograph, also made it easier to document and collect folk music. Great folk Pioneers were the Romanian composer Béla Bartók, the Czech composer Leo Janáček, the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, and the Australian-American composer Percy Grainger.
This development led to a new idiom within classical music, both melodically and rhythmically. Good examples of the integration of folklore into classical modern music are the melodies from Janáček’s Jenufa, which are based on the rhythm and intonation of the Czech language, and Bartók’s Second Violin Rhapsody.
Expressionists aimed to capture true emotions without glossing over them. Above all, they looked at the subjective inner world, in contrast to the outer world, and left all traditional ideals of beauty behind.
Expressionist music is characterised by dissonance, extreme dynamics and great contrasts in colour, pitch and effect. In music, expressionism is generally associated with the Second Viennese School, founded by Arnold Schönberg and his students Anton Webern and Alban Berg, and the dodecaphonic, twelve-tone technique they used, known as serialism.
Examples of expressionist music include Schönberg’s Erwartung, 1909, and Berg’s Wozzeck, 1922.
Another classical modern departure from the ideals of the Romantic Period was to draw on forms and tropes of the Baroque Period and the Classical Period. This was expressed in the use of traditional musical forms, as in Martinů’s Concerto da Camara, 1937, the use of traditional instrumentation, as in Manuel de Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Cello, 1926, and also in the use of thematic material from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, 1920.
for: Oboe, piano
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for: Cello, piano
Score, part
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Walzer
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Bearbeitungen für Blechbläser und Orgel
organ plus brass 4
Single part Horn
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Standard US Set (without european suppl. parts)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Score and Parts
for: Alto Saxophone and Saxophone Quartet
Score, Parts
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Score
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Score and Parts
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings and Double Bass
Score, Parts
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Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
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Ausgewählte Stücke Für 2 Klarinetten Oder Trompeten Und Klavier
for: 2 trumpets, piano
Set of parts, Solo part
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Ziehrer Edition
for: Concert band
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zusammen mit Lehár, F.: Weiber-Marsch
for: Voice, piano
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(Set)
for: Symphonic orchestra
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Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
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Solo gem Chor Klav
Piano reduction
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für gem Chor mit Orgel
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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für Bläserquintett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
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für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
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for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Study score
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für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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Wenn am Abend spät
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309401
Schönst auf der Welt, Das
for: Male choir
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Ach, o Seel, was hast im Sinn
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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Glocken Verlag
for: Piano
Single part(n)
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Einzelausgabe
for: Piano
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for: Voice, piano
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
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for: Flute, piano
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"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Choir score
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op. 63
for: für Chor SATB (Kinder-/Männerchor) und Instrumente Klavier /Schlagzeug
Set of parts
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for: Flute
Music score
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Glocken Verlag
for: Violin, piano
Single part(n)
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for: Flute, viola, guitar
Study score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
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Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
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Quatuor A Strings
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Flöte Klarinette, Fagott, ORCH
Score
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for: 4 Klarinetten
Score, Parts
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Frühlingsdämmerung / Mondbeglänzte ZaubernachtGeWV 22
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Latin percussion
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano Quartet
Score, Parts
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