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.
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Flute, harp
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a free ramble on J. S. Bach's aria Sheep may Graze in Safety
for: 2 pianos
Noten 2 Ausgaben erforderlich
Item no.: 782337
Nous jouons pour Maman 6
for: Violin, cello
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 411787
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849300
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558541
Easy Concert Band Series
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671394
Piano Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 273518
15 magyar népdal 1
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255409
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 474293
Psaume symphonique en trois parties
passend zur Bläserfassung und zur Sinfonischeb Fassung
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 472652
Vocal or Instrumental Solo
for: Vocal or Instrumental Solo and Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766473
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 310545
for: Piano
Score
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for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165310
2 Htbs-2 Clttes-2 Cors-2 Bassons-Ption-Pties
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
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Piano Vocal
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 806361
Score and Parts
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904985
Woodwind Solo
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 897669
Band V: Reformationsfest, Bußtag, Abendmahl, Totenfest
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 655996
Manuskript, ohne Partitur
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 681857
Swiss Composers Series
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1024999
and Other Great Piano Works of "Les Six"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 656147
Reprint of the first edition (Aibl, München, 1881)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 694889
Reprint of the first edition (Aibl, Leipzig, 1886)
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 694887
Reprint of the first edition (Leuckart, Leipzig, 1929)
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 694857
American Wind Symphony Orchestra Editions
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1681235
Cantabo Domino – Jucundum – Ego Laetabor
op. 61b
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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JSW - Jean Sibelius Sämtliche Werke (Hg.: Finnische Nationalbibliothek und Sibelius-Gesellschaft Finnland (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Piano
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for: GCH 2 TRP (+ 2 POS)
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
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for: Viola
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Folk
for: String orchestra
Score
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Suite For Band
for: Fanfare
Score
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Suite
Band Music
for: Fanfare
Conductors part (B-flat)
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Marsch
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179914
March
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Concert March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Blasorchester
for: 4 trombones, concert band
Score, Parts
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Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589316
Version in C minor
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
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Jazz
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1180413
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