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 mit Orchester oder Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
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Walzer
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
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Suite Nr. 3 für Streicher
Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Viola, piano
Book
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Lyrisches Drama in einem Akt
for: Opera
Piano reduction
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Suite 1
EOS – Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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Zwei Neujahrsliedsätze zu einer Weise von Siegfried Reda
for: Gemischter Chor, SAB, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Fassung für zwei Klaviere
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Nr. 12 Cum descendisset Jesus (Matth. 8, 1-13)
for: Voice (tenor/soprano), piano
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for: Tenor-Solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Piano reduction
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Eine fröhliche Weinkantateop. 72
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Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Item no.: 287992
op. 50
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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op. 22
for: Alt, Violine und Violoncello
Score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, solo part
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for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
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Kantate
for: mittlere Männerstimme und Klavier
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 286748
for: Piano
Item no.: 486789
for: 3 saxophones (ATBar)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
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Per Fagotto E Violoncello
for: Bassoon and Various Instruments
Score
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über ein Thema von Michail Glinka
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Classical guitar
Music score, online audio
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Epistelmotette zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Epistelmotette für den 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Kantate
for: Tenor solo, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Score
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2 Sätze aus "Liturgische Sätze über altevangelische Kyrie- und Gloriaweisen" op. 13 (1933/35)
for: Choir
Choir score
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Messe
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115803
Epistelmotette zu Michaelis
Es erhub sich ein Streit im Himmel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Choralpartita
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
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for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Cello, piano
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(Oversize)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Studienpartitur
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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for: FL STR QUARTETT KLAV
Score
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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Transcription Pour Deux Pianos
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
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for: Violin, piano
Score, Solo part(s), CD
Item no.: 432732
Ten pieces for Intermediate Flautists, with Piano accompaniment.
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 394198
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