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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 262486
Kinderchor, Sprecher, Instrumente
Wir singen und spielen - Heft 8
Item no.: 1616591
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 892520
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 411337
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 872268
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 886465
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821019
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 888649
for: Choral
Choir score
Item no.: 1171891
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1147961
Buch
Item no.: 1173751
Klassik
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837919
March
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1068290
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1013547
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1530655
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1111674
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1083369
A Song before Sunrise, Symphonic poem
Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 1344107
Tenor Saxophone Solo with Keyboard
for: Tenorsaxophon und Klavier
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 873846
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 821152
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144501
Frauenchor und Keyboard
for: Frauenchor und Keyboard
Item no.: 1622813
Erstfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 780813
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904501
Klassik
for: Voice, SATB and Piano Accompaniment
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858959
Blasorchester
Einzelstimme
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 875959
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023658
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1077840
Klassik
for: Flute, Violin and Harpsichord
Book
Item no.: 977176
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1144675
Klassik
for: Men's Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852061
March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013254
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1211498
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137700
5. Menuetto
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1148520
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 882152
Buch
Item no.: 1172182
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1171836
for: Violin, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1084695
Flute in C
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1009702
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 821903
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137215
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 822200
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1213210
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1005401
for: Handbells [3-5]
Single edition
Item no.: 1117045
Set of Parts
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 965148
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