Classical Modernism – Sheet Music & Scores

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

Post-War Change

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.

Beyond Tonality

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.

Return to Folk

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.

Expressionism & Serialism

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.

Neoclassicism

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.

Important Classical Modern Composers

Dmitri Shostakovich

Waltz No. 2

arranged for piano

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 686961

11.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Five Pieces

for: 2 bassoons [cellos], piano

Piano score, Solo parts

Item no.: 684748

26.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Paul Taffanel, Philippe Gaubert

17 Big Daily Finger Exercices

De Mecanisme Flute (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)

for: Flute

Music lesson book

Item no.: 100761

28.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Maurice Duruflé

Fugue Op 12 Sur Le Theme Du Carillon

for: Organ

Item no.: 293200

11.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Currently being reprinted. Delivery time unknown.
Peter Heidrich, Mildred Jane Hill

Happy Birthday–Variationen

für Steichquartett
Thema und 14 Variationen über die Melodie von Mildred J. Hill

for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)

Score, Set of parts

Item no.: 108677

30.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Benjamin Britten

A Ceremony of Carols op. 28

for mixed chorus and harp
score (= vocal score)

for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]

Piano score

Item no.: 198585

14.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Henri Büsser

Appassionato

for: Viola [violin], piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 690325

19.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Frank Martin

Ballade

for: Flute, piano

Item no.: 113707

26.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Trio Nr. 1 c-Moll op. 8

für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Piano score, parts

Item no.: 108938

25.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Jean Langlais

Missa in simplicitate

pour une voix ou choeur a l'unisson et orgue ou harmonium

for: Voice [choir], organ [harmonium]

Score

Item no.: 107559

16.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Alan Ridout

Ferdinand

for speaker and solo violin

for: Violin, narrator

Music score

Item no.: 646956

8.75  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Francis Poulenc

Sonata

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 279909

17.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Maurice Duruflé

Requiem op. 9

for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author

for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ

Organ reduction

Item no.: 147125

39.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Marcel Dupré

Variations on 'Adeste Fideles'

An Improvisation for Organ
Saint Cecilia Series

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 395019

7.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Maurice Duruflé

Quatre Motets op. 10

sur des thèmes grégoriens

for: Mixed choir a cappella

Score

Item no.: 484907

15.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Richard Strauss

Sonatina No. 1 "From the Workshop of an Invalid" in F major Tr. 288

for 16 Wind instruments

for: Wind ensembles

Set of parts

Item no.: 766663

55.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87/1-12

Nr. 1-12
Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 108805

34.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Piano Music 1

Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 369081

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Robert Pracht

Neue Violin Etüden op. 15/1

47 leichte Etüden in der 1. Lage
Erweiterbar mit Ergänzungsstimme Violine 2

for: 1–2 violins

Music score

Item no.: 397249

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3

Henle Urtext Editions

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1017726

15.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sonate g-Moll op. 19

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 198011

33.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Rebecca Clarke

Two Pieces

for Viola (Violin) and Cello
Oxford Chamber Music

for: Viola [violin], cello

Ensemble score

Item no.: 141412

21.35  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Marcel Dupré

Cortège et Litanie op. 19/2

pour grande orgue

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 100747

18.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Praise the Lord with cymbals op. 101/5

– Alla Händel –
Ein Siegesgesang aus Portraits op. 101

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 550877

8.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Sonate

für Flöte und Klavier

for: Flute, piano

Item no.: 269076

21.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Max Reger

Waldeinsamkeit

Nr. 3, aus "Schlichte Weisen", op. 76

for: Voice (high), piano

Sheet music

Item no.: 1769

2.00  €incl. VAT
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Dmitri Shostakovich

24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87/13-24

Nr. 13-24
Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 108847

36.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Jean Langlais

Suite mediévalé

en forme de messe basse

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 107217

15.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Jean Sibelius

Violin-Konzert d-Moll op. 47

Revidierte Fassung (1903-1904, rev. 1905)

for: Violin, orchestra

Score

Item no.: 178093

32.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Aram Khachaturian

Toccata

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 108784

10.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Adagio Und Allegretto

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 108944

19.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Robert Pracht

Neue Violin Etüden op. 15/3

2. Lage und Einführung in die 3. Lage

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 397233

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Mel Bonis

Soir / Matin (1907)

für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 367112

11.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Ernst Toch

Serenade op. 25

In Spitzwegs Art

for: 2 violins, viola (trio)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 112575

16.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Béla Bartók

Contrasts

for violin, clarinet and piano
corrected edition

for: Violin, clarinet, piano

Score, Parts

Item no.: 187818

38.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Trio Nr. 2 e-Moll op. 67

für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Piano score, Solo parts

Item no.: 108866

39.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Sonata op. 40

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 108824

28.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Peter-Jan Wagemans

The Big Composers Cookery Book

Strategies and structures in new music from 1900-present

Book (softcover)

Item no.: 1011915

49.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Hugo Wolf

Italienisches Liederbuch

Hugo Wolf Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)

for: Voice, piano

Music score

Item no.: 417819

29.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Samuel Barber

65 Songs – High Voice

Vocal Collection

for: Voice (high), piano

Music score

Item no.: 578080

42.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
Richard Strauss

Morgen!

G-Dur op. 27/4

for: Voice (high), violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 697326

10.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Frank Bridge

Three Songs

for: Voice (medium), viola, piano

Score, part

Item no.: 340875

12.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Otakar Ševčík

Violin Studies op. 8

Changes of position and preparatory scale studies
Sevcik Violin Studies

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 199371

10.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Philippe Gaubert

Piece Romantique

for: Flute, cello, piano

Item no.: 269082

17.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sergei Prokofiev

Ausgewählte Stücke aus dem Ballett "Romeo und Julia" für Viola und Klavier

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Viola, piano

Item no.: 467802

41.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Oskar Lindberg

Gammal fäbodpsalm fran Dalarna

for: Trumpet, organ

Item no.: 605496

15.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Samuel Barber

Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 14

revised version 2014

for: Violin, orchestra

Piano reduction, solo part

Item no.: 395378

31.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Moderato / Tarantella für Violoncello und Klavier

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Cello, piano

Item no.: 108913

15.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Igor Strawinsky

The Rite of Spring

Le Sacre du Printemps

for: Symphonic orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 245469

33.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Erwin Schulhoff

Flute Sonata

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 205443

27.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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