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.
Schulwerk für Instrumental-Zusammenspiel
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Stimmensatz solistisch
Item no.: 756859
for: Altflöte, Horn, Viola d'amore, Violoncello und Klavier
Partitur und Stimmen Partitur = Faksimile
Item no.: 759455
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
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nach dem Orff-Schulwerk
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 782726
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Sopranblockflöte
Item no.: 783721
Kantate nach zeitgenössischen Nonsensversen
for: Chor (Mez/Bar), Sprecher und variable Instrumente
Einzelstimme 1. Stimme in C
Item no.: 791146
No. 7 from "Fantasy Preludes"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791577
(aus Schulmusik) (auch Bestandteil von Drei-Klang)
for: Percussion
Music score
Item no.: 793070
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1115012
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1177438
for: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns
Score, Parts
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for: Klage für Streichtrio und Altsaxophon
Studienpartitur
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score
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Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1540235
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1639731
Musik für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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Auftragswerk des Centro Nacional de Difusión Madrid
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1639952
op. 47
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751950
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 1115019
for: Flute, percussion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1640007
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 782057
Zyklus, Teil II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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"Die Heide wüst und nachtverzehrt"
for: Männerchor (TBarB)
Choir score
Item no.: 747091
7. Seemannslied "Der Meister, der Schiffsjung"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746984
10 songs
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733025
op. 98b
for: gemischter Chor, Gemeinde (Schola), Bläser, Orgel und Schlagwerk
Stimmensatz je 1x Oboe 1+2, Fagott 1+2, Trompete 1+2 in C, Posaune 1+2, Schlagwerk, Orgel
Item no.: 750170
für Frauenstimme mit Pauke
for: Frauenstimme, Pauke
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639985
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 669173
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Trompete II
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Wellenstudie für zwei Klarinetten in Es
for: 2 clarinets
Sheet music
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for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 791862
in 2 Movements
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
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Inspiration Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211267
For Either Women, Men, Or Mixed Voices
for: 3 Stimmen
Choir score
Item no.: 1625623
Sovereign Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211171
Oper/Operette
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 833407
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 892909
3. Zur Verlobung "Sie hat nichts"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742426
3. Pfannengericht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742480
for Vocal, Clarinet, Violin and 2 Pianos
for: Vocal, Clarinet, Violin and 2 Pianos
Score
Item no.: 833173
for Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541963
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 832953
for: Flute, viola, harp
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639718
2. Christe, du Lamm Gottes - Passionsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737972
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043637
for: school orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1117688
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 840617
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