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 soprano, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra
Hymn to Hebrew prayers from the Haggada
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 681722
for: Harpsichord, strings
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 661722
nach dem Ballett "Les malheurs de Sophie" für 10 Blasinstrumente
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten in B, 2 Hörner in F und 2 Fagotte
Score
Item no.: 352588
op. 32
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288368
Concerto serenoop. 160
for: Guitar, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 142668
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 419537
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 556371
Symphonic poem
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344807
for clarinet in Bb and piano
arranged for wind quintet by Paul Leonard Schäffer (2021)
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024501
In one movement
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 209388
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288727
Concerto serenoop. 160
for: Guitar, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 393812
(Klavier: linke Hand)op. 29
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 132491
Urtext
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 551319
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132260
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Item no.: 417821
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 613410
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 613408
Ballett
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 866001
Ballett
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 871317
op.48
1949
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 683625
Piano Duet
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582982
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 927748
Seven Pieces for Brass Trio
for: Trumpet, horn, trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680693
Drama mit Musikop. 18
for: 2 Klaviere zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 290250
Delle Raccolte Edite In Vita Di A. Vivaldi Op.Ix 'La Cetra':Vol I
for: Violin, String Ensemble and BC
Score
Item no.: 263245
Edite In Vita Di A. Vivaldi Op. IV - vol. I
for: Violin, String Ensemble and BC
Score
Item no.: 263241
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 412366
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 412340
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 412302
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411577
Ballett
for: Unison Voices and Piano
Score
Item no.: 315085
Klassik
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 818519
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334275
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 553181
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1658790
Chants Alizes Op 125 Parties Chamber music
(Flute / Hautbois / Cl / Co)
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646764
Musikalische (Früh-)Erziehung
for: Musikerziehung
Book
Item no.: 987929
Messe
for: Voice, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889917
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1324347
Klassik
for: Bläserquintett
Score
Item no.: 837479
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 907523
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 839549
for: Salon Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1171409
Choreographic Poem for Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 318227
Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318364
Album Lilian 2S
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 412855
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 Flutes and Harp
Score
Item no.: 412724
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