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: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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für tiefes Horn und Klavier
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 104868
Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 369081
Tragedia giaponese in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296488
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1136633
Le Sacre du Printemps
Pictures from pagan Russia in two parts
Revised 147
The Masterworks Library
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 245469
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1591211
Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Signature Series
for: Piano
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 851262
for: Viola [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 690325
Szerenád op. 12
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Study score
Item no.: 124662
V/Vc/Klav
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 121376
53 Stücke, Vorspielstücke, Volks- u. Opernmelodien leicht gesetzt von Eugen Scholz, Neuausgabe von Leopold J. Beer
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 282912
Neuausgabe 1987
for: Narrator, violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, percussion
Study score
Item no.: 280110
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 301277
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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op.4
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 1134811
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 218490
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640578
for medium voice and piano
Edition Schott
op. 38
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 748199
The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
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With additional German and English lyrics
for: Piano
Music score
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Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
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Organ Improvisation
for: Organ
Music lesson book
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(1920 & 1947)
Hawkes Pocket Scores 178
for: Wind ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 147532
2. Lage und Einführung in die 3. Lage
for: Violin
Music score
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Pièces en trio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
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from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Great Performer's Edition
for: Viola [cello], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Fifteen virtuosic exercises for the advanced pianist
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
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Volume 3: Pièces pittoresque et poetiques
B: 1895–1905
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431101
for: Organ
Music score
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''Karol Szymanowski - Works'' ed. by T. Chylińska, GA/CE B9 prepared by B. Konarska
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551801
Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 433112
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272417
Sonate für Violine und Klavier Es-Dur op. 18 (1887)
Eingerichtet für Flöte und Klavier von Emmanuel Pahud
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169640
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
Edition Schott
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
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ABRSM Cello Exam Pieces 2016-2019
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197989
for Violin and Orchestra
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391978
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
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