After the Second World War, there emerged a new generation of composers, who sought to stretch the boundaries of music history, and find new and exciting styles and forms. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Modern Classical Music, and explore the wide world of contemporary music with Stretta Music today!
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: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355081
op. 21a
for: Blasmusik, Harfe und Schlagzeug
Study score
Item no.: 354842
op. 77e
for: Harp
Item no.: 357615
op. 29
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 355628
2 Instrumental Sonatasop. 13a
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette (B), Fagott, Horn, Viola, Violoncello und Schlagzeug (7 Spieler)
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 354632
op. 15
for: gemischter Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 354623
9. Hurl of the Wind
for: Frauenchor / Blasinstrumente / Streichquartett / Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354490
8. Prelude: Winter
for: Ob / Klar / Trp / Klav
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354481
No. 7: Victoria Rules an Autumn Land
for: Gesang, Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier
Partitur
Item no.: 354474
4. Prelude: Summer
for: Violin
Item no.: 354463
for: FCH/SCHLGZ/KL
Partitur
Item no.: 354456
No.12 Du Zweifel an dem Sinn der Welt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280809
12 Fünfstimmige Madrigale No.8
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280805
No. 7 An einen Schmetterling
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280804
(Monolog V)
for: SAX SCHLAGW
Ensemble score
Item no.: 283174
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283170
Fünf kleine Stücke, die mit knappen technischen Anforderungen die Stimmungen "Erhaben", "Ausgelassen", "Froh", "Traurig" u. "Besinnlich"
for: Piano
Item no.: 282877
"Der Mond, der scheint"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204774
5. Kreszenz "Kreszenz! Wo hamma denn unsern alten Schludribudri"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204675
2. Egisto "Seinen beiden Frauen"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204672
Tänze für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Item no.: 283235
Werk H95H
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 177993
2004/05
für Bariton solo, gemischten Chor, Gemeinde, Trompete, Tenorposaune, Schlagzeug und Orgel
Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
Sonderanfertigung
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), parish, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 469852
for: Accordion
Item no.: 400969
for: Guitar
Item no.: 414057
Set of parts
Item no.: 425669
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 430885
for: Piano
Item no.: 131086
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 418850
for: 3 trumpets, timpani
Item no.: 417741
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 412396
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 412377
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 182026
Veröffentlicht auf CD: ERES-CD 03 (organ: Andres Uibo) und SEQUENZEN - LA 75508
Estonian Music
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 334211
Piano reduction
Item no.: 584693
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 432541
Su Les Roses di R.M.Rilke
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 833290
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851299
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1137688
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1351339
per tre violoncelli ed orchestra
for: 3 cellos, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1215853
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1175488
1st Kinderchor, Fl, Orgel
Wir singen und spielen - Heft 2
Item no.: 1616317
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 964348
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