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.
Ballett in drei Bildern
for: Orchestra
Piano reduction
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Kantate C: Mahnung an die Jugend, sich der Musik zu befleißigen
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Solo, Sprecher und Streichorchester, Bläser und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Einzelstimme
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for: Männerchor (TTBB) und 3 Hörner in F
Choir part Bass 1
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nach dem Orff-Schulwerk
for: Choir
Choir score
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1. Knabe du / 2. An die ZikadeGeWV 67
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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1. Schilflieder
for: Male choir
Chorstimme
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Marsch
Single part Trumpet
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Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
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for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
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Suite Nr. 3 für Streicher
Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
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for: Concert band
Single part Tuba
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for: Tuba & Piano (2nd part: Euphonium optional)
Sheet music
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Geistliche Musik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Musik der Zeit 1
Book (softcover)
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nach dem 2. Akt des Balletts "Chota Rostaveli"
for: 2 pianos, percussion
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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on Chinese poems
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358838
Kantate C: Mahnung an die Jugend, sich der Musik zu befleißigen
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Solo, Sprecher und Streichorchester, Bläser und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorstimme Bass I/II
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Komm, Trost der Welt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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Chöre auf Texte von Wilhelm Busch
for: Frauenchor (2-4-stimmig) / Männerchor (2-4-stimmig)
Choir score
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
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Music score
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for: Violin, piano
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Vol. 2 - 6 A 10
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Ensemble score
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Klassik
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Music score
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Klassik
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Music score
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Klassik
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Book
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Sudien und Übungen
for: Solfege
Book
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for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: 3 Part Choir A Cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
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Set of parts
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Hymnen und Choräle
Es-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SABar); instrument ad lib.
Score
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Nr. 7: Aubade Clarinette Seule
for: Clarinet
Single part
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Klassik
for: Brass ensemble
Set of parts
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Klassik
for: Female Choir a Cappella
Score
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Ensemble-Mixed 8 or more
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola Cello and Bass
Score
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for: Flute
Music score
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Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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