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 Piano solo
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 1677418
original orchestration
for: Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677420
arranged for Cello Ensemble by Michele Galvagno
for: Cello ensemble (4 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677419
für Violine und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C), organ
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 1666647
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666483
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666350
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666386
F
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666318
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666273
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665626
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666400
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666030
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665761
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666299
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666456
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666415
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665990
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666416
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665974
für (Tenor-)Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 1664988
für (Tenor)-Solo und Chor
Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664990
für (Tenor)-Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit einer Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 1664989
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1664425
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1663046
Theory and practice
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1654600
for clarinet, cello and piano
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654614
for: Chor SSA, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Harfe, Orgel, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass [Klavier zum Einstudieren]
Score
Item no.: 1655403
(Six canonic inventions for two voices)
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 1650971
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1650962
from "Lo, the full, final sacrifice"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1650975
op. 102a
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1650917
Worte eines französischen Weihnachtsliedes
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) mit Sopran-Solo und Streichquintett
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1650943
D
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1646083
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1646024
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1646005
F
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1645981
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1645928
4. Rondell "Eur Augenpaar"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1642017
3. Ein Klagegesang "Rauher Wind"
for: Männerchor (TTBBBB) und Soli (TB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1642016
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1642008
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642039
Opera in 3 acts
Lyric book
Item no.: 1642026
2. Echo vom Himmel "Oh Freudenhimmel"
for: Männerchor (TTBBBB) und Soli (TB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1642015
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638785
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638522
for: Violin, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638635
for: Flute, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638627
for: Flute, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638601
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