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.
for: 2 descant recorders
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
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Arie der Hanna arrangiert für Kammerensemble von Michael Rot (2016)
for: Flöte, 2 Klarinetten, Horn und Streichquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 795394
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme Sopran-Saxophon I
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5. Röslein auf der Heiden: "Sie gleicht wohl einem Rosenstock"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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aus dem Ballett "Joan von Zarissa"
for: gemischter Chor (SSSAATTTBB)
Choir score (men voices)
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for: 7 Trumpets and Percussion
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
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for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
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aus dem "Fränkischen Koran" von Ludwig Derleth
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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From "Rodeo"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
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for: Viola, piano
Music score
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"Das Bier, das nicht getrunken wird" (volkstümlich)
for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: 3 Trompeten in C und Streichorchester
Solostimme Trompete III in C
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
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Modi XII. Tema e variazioni
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Sechs Gedichte aus des Herrn Peter Squentz gereymtem Venus-Spighel, Concerto im baroquischem Geschmakk
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Blasinstrumente und Klavier
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
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from "Four Greek Folk Songs"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791295
1. Mailied "Dudeldumdei, nun haben wir Mai!"
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score
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Sur Des Themes De L'Ancien Folklore, Pour Violoncelle & Piano
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Music score
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for: Concert band
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for: Organ
Music score
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Kantate auf ein Gedicht von Martin Kurt
for: Soli, Männerchor, Orchester
Piano reduction
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(March)
for: Concert band
Score
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The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
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Versione per baritono e orchestra da camera
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
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for: Brass band
Score
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Walzer "Der letzte Sonnenschein"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
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"Freunde, höret unser Musizieren"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und Solo-Quartett (kanonischer Echochor)
Score
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Kleine Kantate
for: Kinderchor (SMez) mit Instrumenten
Choir score
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per quintetto di fiati e archi
Score
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for: Choir, piano
Choir score
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The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Brass band
Score
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Petrulus hirrutus
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Choir score
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