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: Piano
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Acht Gedichte
Heft 1
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
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Nr. 5 Schlechtes Wetter (tief C-Dur)
for: Voice (low), piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100646
Nr. 3 Rückleben (hoch b-Moll)
for: Voice (high), piano
Single part(n)
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(Nedda) "Wie flammte auf sein Auge" aus "Der Bajazzo"
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
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for: Horn
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Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Alt solo, Flöte, Violine, Viola, Cello
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
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Orgelmusik Der Klassik + Romantik 22
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: FL FAG (VC) KLAV (CEMB)
Single part(n)
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O Röslein rot
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
Item no.: 486400
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1541312
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 446709
Studienpartitur
for: ORCHESTERWERKE KAMMERORCHESTER SOLO-SINGSTIMME
Study score
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Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Tanzduett (Bella, Pimpinelli), Nr. 18
aus "Paganini"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
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Urtext
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Choir
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
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Gradus ad Symphoniam
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 1
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Band 2
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: SAX QUINTETT (SAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331487
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 175742
Gradus ad Symphoniam
for: school orchestra
Single part Viola
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Classics for Children Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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Messa di Gloria
Messa di Gloria
for: Soli TBar, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Piccoloflöte, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Ophikleide, Pauken, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, [Hörner (2), Harfe]
Download (Audio)
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for: Bass solo, Klavier
Piano reduction
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Selected Works 1
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Music score (hardcover)
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Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 206
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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op.63
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
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Adv (15)
for: Piano
Music score
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Opera in 3 acts
Lyric book
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Kinderchor, Sprecher, Instrumente
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Schule
for: Solfege
Buch
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Schule
for: Solfege
Buch
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Intermezzo characteristico
for: Piano
Score
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5st gemischter Chor, Orgel
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5st gemischter Chor
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1-4st. gemischter Chor, Gemeinde Fl, Ob, Fg, Streicher.
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3st gemischter Chor, Gemeinde, EnglHn, Fg, Fl, Ob, Orgel
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Kantate für Kinder
Soli (Kinderstimmen), Sprecher und Kinderchor mit Instrumentalbegleitung
for: Children's [youth choir], narrator, instruments
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