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.
Orchestra Score
for: Orchestra
Item no.: 1610850
A Morgenmusik
for: 2 Trompeten (Flügelhörner), 2 Posaunen (Hörner) und Tuba ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546029
Serenade "Trommler, lass dein Kalbfell klingen"op. 102
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit Solo (T) und kleines Orchester
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 1545831
"Unser sind die Stunden"
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Männerchor (TTBB) und Streichorchester, Trompete in B und Pauken oder Blechbläser
Set of parts
Item no.: 1545615
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1349758
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1115057
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylleop. 52
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 1112001
Liedchen für Kinder mit eigenen Texten
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1136457
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1136440
7 Männerchöre Nr. 5op. 38/5
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1135562
7 Männerchöre Nr. 4op. 38/4
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1135448
7 Männerchöre Nr. 2op. 38/2
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1135441
for: für 10 Instrumente
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135309
9 ausgewählte Volkslieder Nr. 7
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1135258
for: für Blockflötenquartett und Gitarre ad lib. Altblockflöte
Single part
Item no.: 1135149
op. 7
for: für Streichquartett
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135105
9 ausgewählte Volkslieder Nr. 5
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1134962
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148315
Frauenchor und Keyboard
for: Frauenchor und Keyboard
Item no.: 1622813
For Chorus of Low Altos, Tenors, and Basses (or TTBB) with Brass & Percussion or Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1625367
Selected From The Bartok- Reschofsky Piano Method
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625331
for Violin and Viola
for: Violin, viola
Item no.: 1625100
For Orchestra
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1622299
A Symphonic Portrait In Oil
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1622201
Seven Threnodies for String Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1622023
Partitur und Stimmen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623832
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105664
Kendor Playground String Orchestra
for: String Orchestra and opt. Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 914980
Lied
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 911927
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 911708
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 911075
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 911008
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 910437
Transcrites pour grand-orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 964342
über das Thema 'Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen' von Johannes Crüger
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 989830
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 839
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 896837
and other pieces from various operas op. 15a
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 896602
Short Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 900884
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 900426
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 899865
Arrangement for 2 pianos
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 899659
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 899388
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 898815
Streichorchester
Partitur
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 898143
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 904563
from Mikrokosmos
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 902807
(March)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 902619
Nr. 2 A Tragic Story
for: Children's Choir [unisono]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910294
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