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.
2 Sätze aus "Liturgische Sätze über altevangelische Kyrie- und Gloriaweisen" (1933/35)
Sonderanfertigung
for: 3 voices
Choir score
Item no.: 114881
for: SAX QUARTETT (SATB/AATT)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 165635
for: Children's choir, percussion
Item no.: 395710
für zwei Violoncelli
for: 2 cellos
2 single parts
Item no.: 394635
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Item no.: 148002
Faksimileausgabe
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420130
Hörformen für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419863
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 104494
for: Flute, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 420242
Die Zupforchesterbibliothek
for: 2 MAND MANDOLA ZUPFORCHESTER
Score
Item no.: 461463
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 334851
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 164033
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 168198
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 167219
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 429175
Tonleitern in 2, 3 und 4 Oktaven, Dreiklänge usw.
Band 2
for: Cello
Lehrmaterial, Technik, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640402
Klassik
for: SATB, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn and Cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1193741
1. Es wohnt ein Müller an jenem Teich
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und Kinderchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751966
Messa di Gloria
Messa di Gloria
for: Soli TBar, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Piccoloflöte, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Ophikleide, Pauken, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, [Hörner (2), Harfe]
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336587
Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308978
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 284651
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791764
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: 2 voices (SA), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 462364
Neue Reihe 4~Blaetter Fuer Spielmusik
for: SCHLAGW KLAV (3 FL)
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091789
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: SATB, String Orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Voice
Buch
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for: Piano
Single edition
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for: Voice
Buch
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for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
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(Gelderse Peerdesprong)
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132369
from "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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2019 Ives Society Edition
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 1009449
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Ein Idyll
for: Orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
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Es flog ein klein Waldvögelein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308510
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1103673
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1324346
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1194177
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