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.
for English horn, violin, viola and violoncello
for: Cor anglais, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 748490
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749512
Cantiones profanae
for: Soli (STBar), gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor und Orchester
Conductor score
Item no.: 758564
Edition Schott
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 741034
First Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750708
Music Of Our Time
for: Flöte (auch Piccolo), Klarinette (B), Fagott, Trompete (B), Akkordeon, Klavier, Schlagzeug (1 Spieler), 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Study score
Item no.: 729082
Edited from the edition Paul Hindemith. Sämtliche Werke by Luitgard Schader
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754625
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Violine oder Violoncello und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 731406
aus der Oper „Hänsel und Gretel“
bearbeitet für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6187
No. 8 from "Nobilissima Visione"
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754627
from: Liederbuch des Hafis
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750929
Edition Schott
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 750012
aus: "Les Sept paroles du Christ"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5298
from: Brezulinka. Drei jiddische Lieder
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750960
Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Piano reduction
Item no.: 760654
(Violin Concerto)
for: Solo-Violine und größeres Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 755822
Arie des Cavaradossi aus der Oper "Tosca"
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1280
from: Brezulinka. Drei jiddische Lieder
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733224
Early Piano Music
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733090
from: Drei Lieder
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750939
from "L'Arlequin blanc"
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747132
for: Organ
Organ
Item no.: 1561483
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048106
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044612
for: Ottavino, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Englischhorn, Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Ophikleide, Schlaginstrument, Harfe, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1337416
op. 34 n° 14
arranged for alto saxophone and piano
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6604
Cantiones profanae
for: Soli (STBar), gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1548762
op. 16
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722166
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Orchestermaterial je 1 Violine 1, Violine 2, Bratsche, Violoncello, Kontrabass
Item no.: 733965
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 724596
Suite from the opera
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 750052
Volume II for choir and brass instruments
for: Chor und Blechblasinstrumente
Chorpartitur + Klavierauszug
Item no.: 743280
from op. 18 and op. 24
for: Violine (Klarinette), Violoncello (Viola) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 738685
from: Quatre Préludes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746489
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: 4 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1486
Edition Schott
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 734267
Ein Querschnitt durch die neuen Tanzrhythmen für instruktive Zwecke
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 734377
from "Three Burlesques"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746632
Edition Schott
for: 2 Violinen und Viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 743231
in freier Neugestaltung
for: Alt und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 741264
for: Violin, accordion
Music score
Item no.: 749525
Edition Schott
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Music score
Item no.: 749663
from: aus: Brezulinka. Drei jiddische Lieder
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750959
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756844
No. 2 from "Lyric Pieces for the Young"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791893
Edition Schott
for: Guitar, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 736895
Edition Schott
for: Klarinette, Horn (Es) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748559
op. 34 n° 14
arranged for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6601
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