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.
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670606
op. 9
for: Violine, Flöte oder 2.Violine, Klarinette in a oder Viola, Cello und Klavier
Partitur
Item no.: 112936
op. 9
for: Violine,Flöte(2.Violine),Klarinette in A(Viola),Violoncello und Klavier
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 362143
op. 29
for: für kleine Klarinette (oder Flöte), Klarinette, Bassklarinette (oder Fagott), Geige, Bratsche, Violoncello und Klavier
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 1135255
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124405
Boosey and Hawkes Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212410
Quarter Military Band QMB 511
for: Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 167899
Richard Strauss Edition, Band 23
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 137877
Alfred's Concert Band Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133306
from the Opera La Fanciulla del West
for: Tenor and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198289
from the Opera Tosca
for: Tenor and Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198272
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1031542
Oper in einem Aktop. 21
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 104711
The Rite of Spring - Reconsidered
Book
Item no.: 620678
for: Piano, concert band
Score
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für Schlagzeug (6 Spieler)
komponiert für das Poznan Percussion Ensemble
for: Percussion
Score
Item no.: 381009
from the Opera La Bohème
for: Sopran and Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198566
Tragödie in einem Aufzug von Hugo von Hofmannsthal op. 58
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 100550
Oper in zwei Akten (1961-64)
Text nach Johann Nestroy eingerichtet von Boris Blacher
for: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680819
Book
Item no.: 250930
Musikalische Legende in drei Akten
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 292593
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 381215
Version prepared from the composer's original manuscript
for: Viola, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 771870
Oper in drei Akten op. 65
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 100647
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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from Gianni Schicchi
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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from La Vida Breve
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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aus Wiener Frauen
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298022
from Hänsel und Gretel
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298529
Klassik
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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Aus Zigeunerliebe
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288699
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675436
Marschformat
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298552
for: Brass band
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for: Brass band
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for: Brass band
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for: Concert band
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Klassik
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Brass Band (Card Size)
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Klassik
for: Brass band
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from Die Lustige Witwe / La Veuve Joyeuse
for: Brass band
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Concert band
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288462
for: Concert band
Sheet music
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Marsch
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298548
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