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: Brass ensemble (13 parts), timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558282
Solo Bb Cornet
for: Concert band
Single part Cornet (solo)
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for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1174327
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
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F
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
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F
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
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Triók fuvolákra
Bartók Transcriptions for Music Students
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 822599
B
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048265
10. Having now beheld the resurrection of Christ
for: SATB divisi
Einzelstimme
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Edition Schott
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 730634
Tone Poem
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 761714
"Ich liebte vor Jahren ein Mädchen"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella oder mit Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 747107
3. Hälfte des Lebens "Mit gelben Birnen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746918
Tone Poem
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 761713
Soli, technische und rhythmische Passagen aus dem Gesamtwerk
for: Oboe, cor anglais
Music lesson book
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pour orchestre à cordes
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1652794
No. 1
for: Violin, cello
Music score
Item no.: 731392
2. Notturno "In einer Nacht"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751750
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 738655
Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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aus der Operette "Saison in Salzburg"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 788065
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784042
Op. 81, No. 2
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272944
for: Piano Quintet
Set of parts
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Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 782315
March
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 781586
for: 3 euphoniums, 3 tubas; percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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No. 1 of "Three Elizabethan Part Songs"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
for: 4 or 6 Mixed Voices
Book
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Madrigal "Schön bis du vor allen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
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Eb
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano/Vocal
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C
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano/Vocal
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21 leichte Klavierstücke op. 111
Közel s távol muzsika
21 könnyű zongoradarab op. 111
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 822770
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117) / Lasset das Wort Christi (Kol. 3,16-17)
for: Männerchor (TTBB); Orgel ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 733471
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Treble recorder, piano
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
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for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
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for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
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for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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