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.
A Symphonic Portrait In Oil
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1622201
Seven Threnodies for String Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1622023
Partitur und Stimmen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623832
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 796360
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 780528
op. 45
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1650788
Jazz Sonata
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1650730
A Morgenmusik
for: 2 Trompeten (Flügelhörner), 2 Posaunen (Hörner) und Tuba ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546029
Serenade "Trommler, lass dein Kalbfell klingen"op. 102
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit Solo (T) und kleines Orchester
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 1545831
"Unser sind die Stunden"
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Männerchor (TTBB) und Streichorchester, Trompete in B und Pauken oder Blechbläser
Set of parts
Item no.: 1545615
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1349758
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylleop. 52
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 1112001
Liedchen für Kinder mit eigenen Texten
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1136457
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1136440
7 Männerchöre Nr. 4op. 38/4
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1135448
for: für 10 Instrumente
Taschenpartitur
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for: für Blockflötenquartett und Gitarre ad lib. Altblockflöte
Single part
Item no.: 1135149
op. 7
for: für Streichquartett
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135105
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148315
op. 114
for: Piano
Item no.: 106144
Nr. 2: Sehnsuchtop. 50
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 106745
for: Piano
Item no.: 244224
Walzer aus Die Landstreicher
for: Piano
Item no.: 131702
Nr. 15 To Thee the Victorious Leader (Vzbrannoy voyevode)
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471521
for: Piano
Item no.: 466236
op. 110
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1610865
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Trumpet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 310738
pour orchestre d'harmonie
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 176367
Op 110/2
From 2 Motets
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 924696
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 923576
Condensed Score
for: Concert band
Score
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Buch
Item no.: 248984
(da Quattro Scherzi per musica)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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Southern Music
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score
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Klassik
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra
Book
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for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 120958
for: 2 pianos
Music score, CD
Item no.: 478965
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310059
for: FL KLAR TRP HRN FAG
Study score
Item no.: 310057
für Violoncello u. Orchester
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 309937
for: Wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 307998
mit Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307959
für gem. Chor, Orgel u. Bläser
for: Wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 307658
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