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: Cello, piano
Item no.: 114124
(Oversize)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 585223
for: Piano
Music score
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Studienpartitur
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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for: FL STR QUARTETT KLAV
Score
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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Transcription Pour Deux Pianos
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 582392
for: Violin, piano
Score, Solo part(s), CD
Item no.: 432732
Ten pieces for Intermediate Flautists, with Piano accompaniment.
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395435
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 394198
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
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Vocal Solo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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op. 104
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 203277
2. Ich bin der Meister Schneider - Lob der Schneider
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und Kinderchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 203185
op. 32
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 203176
"Wenn meine Mutter hexen könnt"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203155
op. 47
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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op. 90/2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202742
1. Tanzlied "Lasset uns scherzen"op. 90
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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"Lange bevor wir uns stürzten auf Erdöl"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202373
"Stimmt eure Seelen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204303
2. Echo vom Himmel "Oh Freudenhimmel"GeWV 57
for: Männerchor (TTBBBB) und Soli (TB)
Choir score
Item no.: 204249
"Ein Junggesell muss trinken"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204148
"Auf die Erde" / "Komm Sintflut der Seele"
for: Männerchor (TBarB/TTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 204130
2. Es taget vor dem Walde (15 Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Ludi scaenici - Szenische Spiele
for: Soli (ST), gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB), 4 Klaviere, Pauken und Schlagwerk (10-12 Spieler)
Lyric book
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Oper in einem Vorspiel und drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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for: 4 STR
Score
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3. Der Hoffnungslose / 4. TanzliedchenGeWV 31
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SATTBB)
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorstimme
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5. Rechenstunde "Zwei und zwei sind vier"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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Walzerlied
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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for: Bariton und Orchester
Score, Parts
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for: Flute, orchestra
Score
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for: TUBA (BASS-POS)
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Unter Suedlicher Sonne 6
for: GCH KLAV (+ SCHLAGW)
Score
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for: Organ or Harmonium
Score
Item no.: 349268
for: Piano
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Spiel für Kinder nach einem Text von Robert Seitz
for: Kinderchor (SMez), Melodie-Instrumente und Schlagwerk
Choir score
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for: Mandolin orchestra
Guitar (single part)
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for: PERC (6-7)
Score, Parts
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for: VL (FL) GIT
Score, Parts
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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