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.
Archivio Bossi
for: GES-H (S) VC ORG
Item no.: 339174
Abends, will ich schlafen gehn aus der Oper Hänsel und Gretel
für ein 6-stimmiges Ensemble und Kinderchor ad lib.
for: Flexible ensemble (6 voices); children's choir ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2390
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 485062
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice (low), piano
Buch
Item no.: 579206
for: SSA and Organ
Buch
Item no.: 259675
("O du fröhliche") op. 71
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3648
for: Canto (Solisti), Coro SATB (mit Stimmteilungen), 2 Flöten, Oboe, Englischhorn, 2 Fagotte, Triangel, Klavier vierhändig
Score
Item no.: 635714
for: Flute, Bassoon and Harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268086
aus "Spanisches Liederbuch" (Geistliche Lieder, Nr. 5)
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1164
for: Canto (Solisti), Coro SATB (mit Stimmteilungen), 2 Fl (Fl+Picc), Ob, Eh, 2 Fg, Triangolo, Pfte 4hdg
Piano reduction
Item no.: 636741
Edition Schultheiss
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 281497
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soli, Kinderchor, Sprecher und kleines Orchester
Score
Item no.: 748264
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353665
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 328278
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 328277
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822487
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561502
Am
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612440
G
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1613140
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 552536
for: Soli, Kinderchor, Sprecher und kleines Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 180855
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 120515
(Christmas Suite)
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 292966
Fantasy on Old Carols
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 877599
Fantasy on Old Carols
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 869168
Duet from "Hänsel and Gretel"
Edition with Tonic Solfa
for: 2 voices (SA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 355016
for: Soli, Kinderchor, Sprecher und kleines Orchester
Score
Item no.: 351895
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3246
for female chorus a cappella (one with piano) (alto solo ad lib)
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 338615
from "Hear the Angels Sing"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), small orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 648676
S.A.B. and Piano, With Optional Descant for Cello
for: Chor (SAB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626159
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 356792
for: für Frauenchor (SA) mit einem Blasinstrument Englische Ausgabe (deutsche Ausgabe erhältlich als UE10878A)
Choir score
Item no.: 1135541
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 629846
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874589
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665626
Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681082
Debut Series (Anglo)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975696
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 659641
Fantasy on Old Carols
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888700
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 378126
For Junior Choir, SATB, and Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626249
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 366296
for mixed chorus and harp
score (= vocal score)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 1701429
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321809
Carols for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672412
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612754
from: A Ceremony of Carols op. 28 - Winthrop Rogers Edition
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 498354
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