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.
Per Soprano E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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bearbeitet für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Flute Clarinet French Horn Guitar String Instruments
Book
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for: Piano
Score
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for: Violin, Viola and Violoncello
Set of parts
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Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, SC 6
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
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Grand Galop brillant
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
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Oratorium breve (1944)
für Soli, zwei gemischte Chöre und Orchester
Reproduktion der Handschrift des Komponisten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 112882
für Harfe, Klavier, Cembalo und 2 Streichorchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 554921
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Piano Large Works
for: Piano
Music score
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Art Songs by American Women Composers 2
Southern Music
for: Voice
Music score
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for: Tuba, piano
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für Viola
Nach den Violinetüden
for: Viola
Music score
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for: Männerchor (TTB/TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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für 2 Violinen und Klavier
for: 2 violins, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Urtextop. 69
for: Guitar
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Urtextop. 61
for: Guitar
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"Sing dem Herrn ein Lied"op. 86
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Partitur
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Kontrapunktische, tonale und klaviertechnische Übungen
for: Piano
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für Flöte, Oboe (Flöte/Klarinette) und Klavier
for: Flute, oboe [flute/clarinet], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Flute, oboe, piano
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für Violoncello u. Orchester
for: Cello, piano
Score, Set of parts
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Kantate
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello
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for: Voice (medium), piano
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Tone Poem for Large Orchestra after N. Lenau
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: für Horn und Orgel
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op. 13
for: mittlere Stimme und Orchester
Study score
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for: für Klavier
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op. 52/2
for: für Orgel
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for: gemischten Chor (SSATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
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Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, horn, piano
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Hawkes Pocket Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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for: String orchestra
Study score
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Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Stimme(n)
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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from "Suite for Variety Orchestra"
for 2 violas or viola and violoncello
for: viola, cello [viola]
2 Performance scores
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Transkription für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
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for: Strings, organ
Score
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Set of parts
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Spielmusik Fuer Volksinstrumente
for: 2 MAND MANDOLA GIT
Score, Parts
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Sieben Gedichte nach Federico Garcia Lorca
for: Mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Guitar (single part)
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