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.
March - Concert Band Edition
Score
Item no.: 1626910
sinfonisches Blasorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1626844
Conductor Score
Direktion
Item no.: 1626818
sinfonisches Blasorchester
Direktion
for: Concert band
Direktion
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From Four Sketches: Piano Solo
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1626643
For Two Pianos
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1626633
For 2 B-Flat Trumpets and Organ
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1626440
For English Horn and Organ
for: Englischhorn und Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1624487
Kinderreime
for: für Stimme oder 6 bis 9 Soli mit Klavier und Viola oder Violine Violine
Single part
Item no.: 1585142
"Frasquita"
for: Accordion
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set of string parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212329
set of wind parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed Choir and Piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Concert band
Score
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Elektra - Der Rosenkavalier
for: Flute
Music score
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TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 1212259
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212208
for: Mixed Choir and Piano
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212164
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin II
Einzelstimme
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 1211910
op. 27
for: Flöte, Klarinette, Pauke, Klavier, Streicher
Set of parts
Item no.: 1199825
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
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Sudien und Übungen
for: Cello
Music score
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Sudien und Übungen
for: Viola
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Set of parts
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for: Choir
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Lyrisches Drama in einem Akt
for: Opera
Study score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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Schwer war König Davids Herz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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Sopran und Orchester
Partitur
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
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Dos Piezas Para Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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GeWV 110
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
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op. 60
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Treble Choir [SSA] a Cappella
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Voice (low), piano
Book
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Folk song from Székelg
for: TBarB
Score
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