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: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 470655
Two Hymns by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1059802
op. 56
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 618868
op. 53
for: Sopran, Alt, Bariton, gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 611654
Studien-Edition
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558559
Studien-Edition
In Zusammenarbeit mit Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558557
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1328525
zen-on piano library
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1356580
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1357793
Boosey and Hawkes Quarter Military Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 910160
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Opera
Study score
Item no.: 909818
Irish Melody in F
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 908254
A Symphonic Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 894735
Intermezzo from A Village Romeo and Juliet
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 897632
from Trois Gymnopedies
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 897218
Large Score
for: Concert band
Conductor score
Item no.: 897093
for: Children's Choir
Book
Item no.: 910593
Ballet in six scenes
Study score
Item no.: 904686
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 404552
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 328795
Piano transcription of music from Hamlet
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330783
Quickstep March
Score, Parts
Item no.: 882948
from the Symphonic Suite Lieutenant Kijé
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889975
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 922676
Violine
for: Violin
Item no.: 922608
for: Recorder), cello
Music score
Item no.: 905671
Nine Songs
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 357403
Nr. 1 Ständchen D-Durop. 17/2
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 357381
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 357375
op. 12/4
for: Piano
Item no.: 357184
Nr. 4 Fis-Durop. 7/4
for: Piano
Item no.: 357179
for: Flute, violin
Music score
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Peters East German Library 1949-1990
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379845
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064195
for Euphonium & Tuba Septet
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
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Suite
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646591
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272927
No. 65 from Mikrokosmos
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744631
(Based On "Pasticcio") - for Handbells and Organ (3 Octaves, 35-38 Bells)
for: Handglocken und Orgel
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1626434
for orchestra
score and parts
for: Chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Vocal Group
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for: Piano
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from the Merry Widow
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603907
bearbeitet für Holzbläserensemble ab drei Spielern
Mixed Bag No. 24
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462600
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 661933
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690345
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
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for: 9 Flöten (2 Piccolo/6 Flöten/1 Altflöte)
Music score
Item no.: 761310
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