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: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1053231
Oratorium (Fragment)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1160831
op. 94
for: Oboe, Violine und Viola
Study score
Item no.: 1539081
op. 92
for: Flöte und 2 Violinen
Study score
Item no.: 1539072
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 908319
An Island Sequence
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 906306
No. 4 from Characteristic Piece
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 904865
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659300
Score
for: Solo Baritone Voice + Chamber Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318256
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316372
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201504
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 222964
Klassik
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 238455
Klassik
for: Clarinet B-Flat and Piano
Book
Item no.: 238959
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 188437
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 188435
op. 27
for: Piano
Item no.: 184313
for: Piano
Item no.: 184309
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 186682
über den Namen S-A-S-C-H-A
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 180909
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476415
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 183850
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 183618
aus der Oper "Hamlet"
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Item no.: 353174
Text von Günter Wagner
for: GES (1-4) KCH (3)
Item no.: 123232
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198617
Ein Trauerspiel des Sophokles
for: Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
Lyric book
Item no.: 199299
Concerto scenico
for: Soli (SSTTB), gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Lyric book
Item no.: 199288
Opera semibuffa in 3 Akten (5 Bildern)
Lyric book
Item no.: 199238
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 199037
Gesang+Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 197113
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 119993
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 396580
for: Wind Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 395409
op. 50
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352388
Kantateop. 43
for: Männerchor (TTBB), hohe Solo-Stimme und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352326
Ein Zeugnis in Bildern
Item no.: 352143
for: String orchestra
Studienpartitur
Item no.: 351788
for: Piano
Item no.: 288925
Oper in sieben Bildernop. 75
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288870
Heiteres musikalisches Drama in vier Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288843
Kantate C: Mahnung an die Jugend, sich der Musik zu befleißigen
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Solo, Sprecher und Streichorchester, Bläser und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 287670
Sechs Gedichte aus des Herrn Peter Squentz gereymtem Venus-Spighel, Concerto im baroquischem Geschmakk
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Blasinstrumente und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 287330
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 287320
op. 58
for: Piano
Item no.: 287921
2 Rondos - Nr. 1: Des Lebens Sonnenscheinop. 73
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 287894
"Komm, Trost der Nacht" - Chorvariationen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella oder mit Flöte und Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 352763
Ballett in drei Bildern
for: Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288446
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
There is a separate Stretta website for the country Worldwide. If your order is to be delivered to this country, you can switch, so that delivery times and shipping conditions are displayed correctly. Your shopping cart and your customer account will remain the same.
switch to Stretta Music Worldwide
stay on Stretta Music Denmark
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
