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.
Marsch-March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180109
Marsch
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179896
March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179893
March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179798
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285811
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285809
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285802
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285799
Op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285788
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: 5 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299989
From ballet The Bewitched Love
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299986
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299975
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299973
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299960
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299958
From Ballet The Bewitched Love
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299950
Overture
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314223
from Aladdin
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314158
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590484
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590392
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Combo
Buch
Item no.: 1590438
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590667
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590587
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590506
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272511
for: Trombone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272077
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271907
Aria from Turandot
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316504
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272502
Op. 19
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288581
aus Suite Nr. 2 für Jazzorchester
Der berühmte Walzer endlich in einer Fassung für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 686909
aus Suite Nr. 2 für Jazzorchester
Der berühmte Walzer endlich in einer Fassung für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 686907
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1701556
Klassik
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288427
E lucevan le stelle (Act III)
for: Bass recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281769
E lucevan le stelle (Act III)
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281761
Eb Major, Op. 11
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279652
Op. 128
for: 2 bassoons, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279622
Op. 128
for: Trumpet [cornet], euphonium, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1279610
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198281
op. 82
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 743396
Ein Volkslieder-Oratorium nach alten deutschen Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (SATB), Sprecher und Orchester
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 782006
Nr. 2 Fränkischer Liederreigen
for: Frauenchor oder Kinderchor (SMez) mit Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 784950
op. 1
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 751119
Eine fröhliche Weinkantate
for: Männerchor (TTBB), Solo (T) und kleines Orchester
Chorstimme Bass I/II
Item no.: 782763
6 Gedichte von Georg Trakl
for: Voice (alto), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1668147
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1100832
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 840727
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