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.
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1530658
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1530607
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1530589
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1530563
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207067
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207048
Nr. 3 der "Quatre pièces pour orgue"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 275231
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 459786
Score
for: 2 Violins, 2 Violas and 2 Cellos
Score
Item no.: 316055
Score and Parts
for: Piano Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 315771
Piano Et Orchestre
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 276210
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 992595
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 992584
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: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 162902
Sudien und Übungen
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165230
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 140910
Nr. 6: Rosenliedop. 50
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106754
Nr. 1: Lenzgesangop. 50
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106744
Marsch für Harmonie-Musik-Besetzung mit Saxophon-Ergänzungsstimmen und Schweizer Stimmen
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Set of parts, extra part
Item no.: 106029
Erster Satz aus der Suite "Pélleas und Mélisande"op. 46/1
for: Concert band
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 106722
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 190196
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168037
für 4stg. Chor. Sonderdruck aus Bd. X der Gesamtausgabe
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 167921
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 268607
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105692
for cello and orchestra
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 1610859
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 767631
Reprinted editon 1986 with a historical note by Christopher Palmer
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 565021
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345456
for: Violin, Viola and Violoncello
Study score
Item no.: 338932
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 338931
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669643
for: Male choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 645588
für Blockflötenquartett und Gitarre ad lib.
Musik für Blockflöte - Il flauto dolce
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part 3
Item no.: 645248
Teil 3: 4-8stimmig
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643972
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701621
From the Ballet The Fire bird
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1620445
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 942808
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942327
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 947294
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 938477
3. Mondaufgang "Die Erde ist gehüllt"GeWV 56
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204059
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 158218
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