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.
Scene Romantique
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 587245
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 839643
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1171782
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1021036
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1031969
Lyrisches Drama in 6 Szenen nach Gottfried Keller
Study score
Item no.: 1211605
Paperback
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1634251
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 604216
Lied vom Waldmägdelein
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 866103
'Juliska aus Budapest' from Maske in Blau
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894624
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169802
One-act Opera in Three Scenes op. 24
with Russian, German and English libretto
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Voices, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344378
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1317985
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 1175474
Sudien und Übungen
for: Timpani and Mallet Percussion
Book
Item no.: 890487
Symphonic Series
for: Wind Band
Score
Item no.: 1149336
Klassik
for: Choral
Buch
Item no.: 836754
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910471
Biografie
Book
Item no.: 904252
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1211849
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1317814
A play oper in two acts for school performance
for: Soloists, speaker, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 891951
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1545042
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024394
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 962320
Copla
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1016315
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 325608
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 325046
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1031933
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 898945
Die Oper aus Lets make an Opera . An Entertainment for Young People
for: Soloists, Choir, String Quartet, Piano [4-Händig] and Percussion
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 864643
Slovenian March - Slowenischer Marsch, opus 72
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865068
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 891424
4. Printemps / 5. En Hiver
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204432
Faksimile des Partiturautographs und der Skizzen
Veröffentlichungen der Paul Sacher Stiftung – Sonderband
for: String orchestra, piano, celesta, kettledrums, percussion, harp
Score
Item no.: 470462
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 485189
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 775
for: Soloists [SBar], Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 896039
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1103993
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 835629
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1101600
Edizione con solo testo inglese e con parte di pianoforte conduttore
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 833064
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121775
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 861744
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 4: Variationen
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Einzelstimme Streicherstimme mittel
Item no.: 781508
Altenglisches Lied
for: Orchestra
Stimmensatz Klavier-Direktion, Harmonium, 2 Violine I A (Direktion), 2 Violine I B obligato, 2 Violine II, 2 Bratsche, 2 Violoncello I (II ad lib.), 2 Kontrabass, 2 Flöte, 1 Oboe, 2 Klarinette I in B, 2
Item no.: 781622
for: Women's choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 642325
"Einst klang in Tara Harfenton"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Klavier oder Streichorchester und Harfe
Choir score
Item no.: 742499
"Noch strahlt vom blauen Firmament die Sonne lieb"
for: Kinder- oder Frauenchor
Choir score
Item no.: 742601
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