After the Second World War, there emerged a new generation of composers, who sought to stretch the boundaries of music history, and find new and exciting styles and forms. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Modern Classical Music, and explore the wide world of contemporary music with Stretta Music today!
Dodecaphony or Serialism is the use of the twelve semi-tones as the harmonic and structural basis, rather than the traditional harmonic key structure which governed classical music until the turn of the twentieth century. Arnold Schoenberg was the father of twelve-tone composition in the 1930s. Moving into the post-war era, all dodecaphonic or serial musical parameters, including note lengths, dynamics and even timbres were set in rows. After 1948, the Darmstadt “holiday courses” became the centre of Dodecaphony or Serialism for almost a decade. Despite the mathematical and logical basis, twelve-tone composition still produced many highly emotional works such as Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso.
As the technical and electronic possibilities continued to grow and thrive after the war, the first studio solely dedicated to electronic music was founded in Cologne in 1951 by Herbert Eimert. Important electronic music composers were Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ernst Krenek, Maurice Kagel, Luciano Berio and Iannis Xenakis, who was also an assistant to the architect Le Corbusier.
Aleatoric comes from the Latin “alea”, meaning dice. Aleatoric composition leaves elements of the music to chance. The American composer John Cage was the first to experiment with aleatoric music, and many others followed, in particular K. Stockhausen, P. Boulez, W. Lutosławski.
Soundscape composition plays with sense and emotion, it uses long drawn musical landscapes to give the listener time to recognise and experience the music in a whole new way. The most important compositions include Atmosphères and Lontano by György Ligeti. Other works of this type were created by Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis.
Minimalism also came to Europe from the USA. Minimalism uses repetitive, wide blocks of sound, without strong contrasts or dramatic changes. It is in the repetition, with gradual, small changes, that the minimalist effect is achieved. The pioneers of minimalism in the 1960s were American composers Philip Glass, John Adams, Le Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. They were followed in Europe by Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt.
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 833373
for: Harp, Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet
Score
Item no.: 835683
Concerto In Due Tempi
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1174096
Buch
Item no.: 1174687
Per Violino, Viola, Violoncello
for: Trio
Score
Item no.: 1548571
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1542253
For female voice and string orchestra
for: Voice (high), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778877
Klassik
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 836229
Folk / Klezmer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1542058
Per archi, percussione e due campionatori (2001)
versione per orchestra d'archi
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031104
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violoncello. Schlagzeug. Tonb [4 K]. Video [ad lib
Buch
Item no.: 191180
op. 240, 1968
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 635735
Dramma Lirico In Un Frammento (Da Varagine A Michelangelo A Sofocle)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259517
Per Orchestra Con Violino E Flauto Obbligati - Partitura
for: Violin, Flute and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259843
Per Quintetto Di Strumenti A Fiato (1989)
for: Quintet
Score
Item no.: 481808
MusicWorks Grade 2
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812070
Per Voce Femminile, Clarinetto, Violoncello e Arpa Su Poesie di James
for: Vocal, Clarinet, Cello and Harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 389791
for: Chamber Opera
Score
Item no.: 315578
Klassik
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 896720
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 877443
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 647328
Opera in three acts
Study score
Item no.: 750223
con orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832634
Study Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1558766
Klassik
for: Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 885206
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1175857
Cinque 'Solitudini' per flauto, clarinetto, voce femm., violino, viola e violoncello
for: Voice, instruments
Score
Item no.: 778928
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 775760
Klassik
for: Piano Chamber, Violin, Viola and Cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 840817
Klassik
for: Soprano Voice, Cello and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 839567
Klassik
for: Accordion and Wind Quintet
Set of parts
Item no.: 840270
Per Violoncello, Pianoforte E Sette Strumenti (1994)
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 245539
Tome 6
Music lesson book
Item no.: 375674
Solo-Konzert
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412835
Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 260297
Score
Item no.: 264778
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 833219
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778597
for: Unison Baritones/Medium Voice, 6 Flutes and Strings
Buch
Item no.: 1039606
Klassik
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 835704
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684538
(2019)
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Music score
Item no.: 1215750
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 837957
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed ensemble
Score
Item no.: 833232
for: Clarinet and String Trio
Set of parts
Item no.: 1542308
Version 2015
for: Violin, cello, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 638247
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