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.
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 838449
Klassik
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 836439
Per Coro Misto E Organo
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258941
A 3 voci miste con organo
for: Mixed choir (ATB), organ
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 274733
Per Orchestra - Partitura
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 258894
Per Quartetto D'Archi
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 258882
7 Poesie Di Ungaretti Per Voce E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 258689
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 993303
Voix Moyenne Et Piano - Francais-Anglais
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 993116
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 240954
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 266620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 239329
Klassik
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 100776
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1081489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 820080
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 818802
Book
Item no.: 557169
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Trumpet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345457
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 310738
pour orchestre d'harmonie
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 176367
nach Tänzen aus Leopold Mozarts Notenbuch für Wolfgang
für Blockflötenquartett, Streichquartett oder andere Instrumente
for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello/4 melodic instruments]
Single part Bass recorder [Cello]
Item no.: 207630
für Klaviertrio (2. Violine, Kontrabass, C+B Instr. ad lib.)
edition pro salon
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1646309
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1585849
Klassik
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 835263
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1651273
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 941186
for: 4 Männerstimmen (TTBB), Frauenchor, Männerchor, Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 184378
für Bariton, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Ein kirchenmusikalisches Frühwerk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677344
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466958
Zwei kleine Psalm-Motetten. Psalm 51 für Vorsänger (T) und Chor (SATB) - Psalm 1 für 2 Chöre (SSS+SATB)
für Solo (Tenor) und gemischten Chor, Archivkopie
Sonderanfertigung mit langer Lieferzeit
for: Mixed choir (7 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115426
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 285372
Choralkantate
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230235
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230037
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 375892
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 852446
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 852433
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 852342
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 852235
Klassik
for: Men's Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852061
Iii: La Separation
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851321
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851141
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 330985
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 853778
In the Vulgate, XLVII op. 38
for: Mixed Choir and 2 Piano's
Piano reduction
Item no.: 852183
Pour Choeur
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851764
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 854348
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