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.
Walzer
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 747843
Komödie mit Tänzen von Jean Baptiste Molière
Piano reduction
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(Militärischer Festmarsch)
for: Piano
Einzelausgabe Klavier
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Solo & Small Ensemble
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for Violin with Accompaniment of the Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646585
(Neue Bearbeitung 1916)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1209419
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527363
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384061
Nr. 1 An die Nacht (tief Des-Dur)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760681
No. 3 Ivy (C major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760658
"Großmächtige Prinzessin"
for: hohe Sopranstimme und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 760619
Nr. 5 Amor (tief D-Dur)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760582
No. 3 Cradle Song (low D major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760452
No. 4 The Waterlily (F sharp minor)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759353
Elektra - Der Rosenkavalier
for: Klarinette I in A, B, C
Music score
Item no.: 732688
for piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731394
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1363320
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1363154
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373996
Guntram - Feuersnot - Salome
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 747736
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364966
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364927
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1524763
One Touch of Venus
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529602
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528569
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525455
Text by Richard Dehmel
for: tiefe Singstimme und Klavier mit Begleitung der Viola (oder Violine)
Music score
Item no.: 760659
No. 1 On a Child (low Ab major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760607
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1363078
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360174
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1358646
for: Choral
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364845
for: Lead Sheet
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Soli / Choeur / Orchestre / Orgue
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Music score
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Walzer
for: Violin, piano
Single part (Violin solo)
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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Choeur De Femmes Sans Accompagnement
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
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No. 1 Battle Song
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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