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.
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Vocal and Percussion
Score
Item no.: 1211585
Nr. 4 Das Lied des Steinklopfers (hoch e-Moll)
for: Voice (high), piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100517
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 169936
Lied vom Waldmägdelein
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874546
Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1584781
for: Voice, cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1052853
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Voices, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 779210
Old Irish Melody
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901573
for: Baritone and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 895121
for: Soloists [S/A], Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897678
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967485
Klassik
for: Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 838258
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 837453
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211324
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1177341
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163729
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 982918
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899372
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 837698
Klassik
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1176496
Klassik
for: Oboe and String Quartet
Set of parts
Item no.: 836137
Erstausgabe
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 895189
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1105977
Klassik
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 838241
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 835688
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 901153
Klassik
for: Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1317984
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 983012
No. 2 The Younger Generation
for: Mixed Choir [SAB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904396
Stomp your Foot
for: men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano [4 hands]
Choir score
Item no.: 901771
M060053856
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212402
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1160634
Playing Score
for: Klarinettentrio
Score
Item no.: 1107769
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1121728
Frau Musicaop. 45/1
for: Singstimmen (hoch und tief) und Streicher, Flöte und andere Instrumente ad libitum
Solostimme
Item no.: 1544761
Kinderreime
Ausgabe in englisch/italienisch
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106038
We are the Darkness in the Heat of the Day
for: Mixed Choir [SMezATB] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900858
Comic Opera in Three Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1060923
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1100987
Old Irish Melody
for: Female Choir [SSA] and Piano
Score
Item no.: 896003
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190698
Klassik
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 325756
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 486456
(complete)
for: Female Choir [SA and SSA] a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142969
for: Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211594
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 582284
A Fairy Opera in 3 Acts
Lyrics
Item no.: 354135
Nr. 7 Wer lieben will, muss leiden (tief d-Moll)
for: Voice (low), piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100528
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