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.
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 819391
Item no.: 617756
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 646081
Item no.: 618816
for: 16 GES
Score
Item no.: 326156
Klassik
for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 325453
for: für drei Orchester, zwei davon auf einem vorher zu produzierenden Tonband
Partitur
Item no.: 328100
for: Organ
Item no.: 312414
for: Flute, clarinet, bassoon
Study score
Item no.: 314627
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 313206
Vocal Collection
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 315973
Two Pianos, Four Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 315732
for: für 2 Stimmen und andere Schallquellen
Partitur
Item no.: 332395
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 329980
Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318708
für Altposaune und Streicher, Ausgabe für Posaune und Orgel
for: Trombone, organ
Item no.: 305725
for: Piano
Item no.: 305526
Sextett für 2 Streichtrios
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 306351
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 306266
Monologue Vlll
Item no.: 306214
for: Cor anglais, piano
Item no.: 306112
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 305932
für Viola u. Streicher, Ausgabe Viola u. Klavier
for: Viola, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 305917
für Viola u. kleines Orchester, Ausgabe für Viola u. Klavier
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 305912
für Viola, Kontrabass
for: VA KB
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 305865
for: TRP SCHLAGZ KLAV
Score, Parts
Item no.: 306669
for: VL KLAR HRN FAG KLAV
Item no.: 306663
für Klaviertrio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 306626
für Klaviertrio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 306613
Skizzen für ein Streichquartett (1. Streichquartett)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310466
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310444
für Viola und Streicher
for: VA STR
Study score
Item no.: 310443
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310383
Musik für Streichorchester (12-stimm.)
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310346
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310335
for: Trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba
Study score
Item no.: 310264
Partitur
Partitur
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 311838
für Chor u. Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308073
Konzerte u. Gesänge für Alt, Bariton, gem. Chor, Streicher u. Blechbläser
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307737
Eine Montage Mindestbesetzung: Spr, Klav 4ms, Schlz
for: SPR FCH STAB 2 KLAV
Set of parts
Item no.: 307609
für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310209
for: Flute, clarinet, bassoon
Study score
Item no.: 310029
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 309974
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: GCH (SAT/SMA)
Score
Item no.: 309153
Ein Regenbogen kam geflogen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308866
Wenn du von allem dem
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308844
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