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.
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 833015
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 829666
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 829643
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 833257
(da Quattro Scherzi per musica)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 769098
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 1356410
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 1356376
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 834624
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 835545
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1007517
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927797
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927417
Trumpet and Clarinet Quartet
for: Trumpet and Clarinet Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830362
Clarinet and String Ensemble
for: Clarinet and String Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829975
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1140389
Sechs Gedichte aus des Herrn Peter Squentz gereymtem Venus-Spighel, Concerto im baroquischem Geschmakk
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Blasinstrumente und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 287330
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 287320
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282945
2 Rondos - Nr. 1: Des Lebens Sonnenscheinop. 73
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 287894
Orgelmusik Der Klassik + Romantik 15
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 409209
for: Wind Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 395409
"Alle unsre Tauben"
for: Frauen- und Jugendchor
Choir score
Item no.: 281032
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280596
3. Hochzeitslied "Aus meinem Brünnlein fließt"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280497
Flöte und Streichorchester (1919)
for: Flute, string orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 643447
Extract from A Season in Hell, Cantata for Voice, Flute, Viola, and Harp
for: Gesang, Flöte (Piccolo-Flöte), Viola und Harfe
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 635444
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 383516
Orchestermusik Nr. 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383149
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659300
Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1625203
for Piano
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625083
for: Cello, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 459215
2. Fassung aus "Mörike-Chorliederbuch" op. 19
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459163
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 458844
for: für Chor SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1134923
op. 10
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1134890
for: für 14 Instrumente und Schlagzeug
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135548
op. 3/2
for: für Salonorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 1135538
op. 64
for: für Orchester
Partitur
Item no.: 1135467
3. Caprice
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148293
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1148276
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 1149062
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148788
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 604979
Kantate in 3 Teilen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (AT), Volksgesang, Orchester und Blasorchester; Orgel ad libitum
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1545563
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1212408
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