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.
Full Orchestra Version
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 857910
Klassik
for: Harp, Flute, Clarinet, Vibraphone, Percussion, Piano Chamber
Score
Item no.: 836289
Klassik
for: Alto Flute, Viola and harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 836210
Klassik
for: 5 Horns and Percussion
Score
Item no.: 835905
for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
for: Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 839286
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1174378
für Gitarrenquartett mit zwei Samplern
for: Guitar Quartet, Electronic Media
Score
Item no.: 1541823
Kontrafaktur für kleines Orchester (1983)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 264629
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331649
Pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 412123
5 pezzi per flauto solo
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 646241
für Violine und Sampler (und Klarinette ad lib.)
for: Violin and Sampler
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1542564
Klassik
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 910391
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 839608
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 889809
Klassik
for: Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano Chamber, Guitar, Violin, Cello
Score
Item no.: 836291
Klassik
for: Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 836169
Solo-Konzert
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832842
Per Tenore, Orchestra, Nastro Magnetico (1972) - Partitura
Score
Item no.: 259341
Per 2 Pianoforti (1990)
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 481837
Per Quartetto D'Archi - Partitura
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 223856
Per Soli, Voci Recitanti, Quartetto D'Archi, Coro E Orchestra - Partitura
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259552
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 325700
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 840224
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 1174335
Solo-Konzert
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412917
Critical Ed. by Luca Cossettini
for: Voice (soprano)
Partitur + DVD
Item no.: 259067
Per Violoncello, Contrabbasso, Pianoforte
for: Trio
Score
Item no.: 443552
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Violoncello E Strumenti Diversi
Score
Item no.: 259853
Danze Maschili Per Ottavino, Timpani E 2 Gruppi Di Perc.
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 259660
for: Voice (soprano), instruments
Score
Item no.: 777715
Per Flauto, Clarinetto Basso, Pianoforte (1990)
for: Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 481843
Trio Per Violino, Violoncello, Pianoforte (1995-1996)
for: Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548005
Klassik
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 895200
Klassik
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 836182
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 839283
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 837070
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 838916
Klassik
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889756
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 904387
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 157616
Per mezzosoprano e quattro strumenti su testo di S.T. Coleridge - 2009
for: Voice, ensemble
Score
Item no.: 775902
Buch
Item no.: 1542431
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1542854
Concerto In Due Tempi
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1174096
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