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

D. Schostakowitsch: Walzer Nr. 2, Klav
Dmitri Shostakovich

Waltz No. 2

arranged for piano

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 686961

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M. Duruflé: Quatre Motets op. 10, Gch (Part.)
Maurice Duruflé

Quatre Motets op. 10

sur des thèmes grégoriens

for: Mixed choir a cappella

Score

Item no.: 484907

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M. Bonis: Soir - Matin (1907)
Mel Bonis

Soir / Matin (1907)

für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 367112

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M. Duruflé: Requiem op. 9, 2GesGchOrg (OrgA)
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
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H. Busser: Appassionato, Va/VlKlv (KlavpaSt)
Henri Büsser

Appassionato

for: Viola [violin], piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 690325

19.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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B. Bartok: Kontraste, VlKlarKlav (Pa+St)
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
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P. Heidrich: Happy Birthday-Variationen, 2VlVaVc (Pa+St)
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
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E. Toch: Serenade op. 25, 2VlVla (Pa+St)
Ernst Toch

Serenade op. 25

In Spitzwegs Art

for: 2 violins, viola (trio)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 112575

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M. Duruflé: Fugue op 12 sur le theme du carillon, Org
Maurice Duruflé

Fugue op 12 sur le theme du carillon

Des heures de la cathedrale de Soissons

for: Organ

Item no.: 293200

12.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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M. Frank: Ballade , FlKlav
Frank Martin

Ballade

for: Flute, piano

Item no.: 113707

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F. Poulenc: Sonata, FlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Francis Poulenc

Sonata

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 279909

17.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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J. Langlais: Missa in simplicitate, Ges/ChOrg/Ha (Part.)
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

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DL: Marie Elisabeth v. Sachsen-Meini: Romanze
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Marie Elisabeth Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen

Romanze

for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano

Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)

Item no.: 1485

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D. Schostakowitsch: Fünf Stücke, 2Fag/VcKlav (KlaPa+St)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch

Five Pieces

for: 2 bassoons [cellos], piano

Piano score, Solo parts

Item no.: 684748

26.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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A. Ridout: Ferdinand, VlSpr
Alan Ridout

Ferdinand

for speaker and solo violin

for: Violin, narrator

Music score

Item no.: 646956

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J. Sibelius: Sinfonie 1 E-Moll Op 39
Jean Sibelius

Symphonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39

(Urtext)

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score

Item no.: 558778

117.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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D. Schostakowitsch: Sonate op. 40, VcKlav (KlavpaSt)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Sonata op. 40

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 108824

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M. Duruflé: Requiem op. 9, GesGchStroOr (Part.)
Maurice Duruflé

Requiem op. 9

Reduzierte Fassung

for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.

Score

Item no.: 301277

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S. Prokofjew: Sonate für Flöte und Klavie, FlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Sergei Prokofiev

Sonate für Flöte und Klavier op. 94

Russische Musik der Moderne
Revidierte Neuauflage 1998

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 108789

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J. Langlais: Suite mediévalé, Org
Jean Langlais

Suite mediévalé

en forme de messe basse

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 107217

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M. Dupré: Evocation, Org
Marcel Dupré

Evocation

Klassik

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 177132

26.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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G. Bacewicz: 4 Capricci, Va
Grażyna Bacewicz

4 Capricci

per viola solo

for: Viola

Music score

Item no.: 626236

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J. Sibelius: Violin-Konzert d-Moll op. 47, VlOrch (Part.)
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
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M. Bonis: Klaviermusik 1, Klav
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
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B. Britten: A Charm of Lullabies op. 41, MezKlav (Part.)
Benjamin Britten

A Charm of Lullabies op. 41

Including first publication of two further settings

for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano

Score

Item no.: 198547

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D. Peja_evi_: Sonata op. 35, VcKlav (KlavpaSt)
Dora Pejačević

Sonata op. 35

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 769371

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B. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sinfo (Part.)
Béla Bartók

Concerto for Orchestra

The Masterworks Library

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score

Item no.: 205614

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N. Rota: Concerto, FagKlav (KlavpaSt)
Nino Rota

Concerto

for: Bassoon, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 656107

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M. Weinberg: Konzert für Klarinette und Stre, KlarStro (Stp)
Mieczysław Weinberg

Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra op. 104

Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Clarinet, string orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 581501

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D. Milhaud: Suite in D op. 157b, VlKlarKlav (Pa+St)
Darius Milhaud

Suite in D op. 157b

for: Violin, clarinet, piano

Score, Parts

Item no.: 107227

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S. Rachmaninow: Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3, Klav
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3

Henle Urtext Editions

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1017726

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DL: M. Reger: Waldeinsamkeit Nr. 3, aus
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Max Reger

Waldeinsamkeit

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

for: Voice (high), piano

Sheet music

Item no.: 1769

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E. Ysaÿe: Sechs Sonaten op. 27 für Violine solo, Viol
Eugène Ysaÿe

Six Sonatas op. 27 for Violin solo

Fingering and bowing for Violin: Eugène Ysaÿe

for: Violin

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 362805

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DL: J. Françaix: Quartett (Stsatz)
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Jean Françaix

Quartet

for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat and bassoon

for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B und Fagott

Set of parts

Item no.: 748163

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S. Rachmaninow: Trio G-Moll - 1 Trio Elegiaque
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Trio G-Moll - 1 Trio Elegiaque

for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)

Item no.: 129058

25.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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Z. Kodaly: Duo op. 7, VlVc (2Sppa)
Zoltán Kodály

Duo op. 7

für Violine und Violoncello

for: Violin, cello

2 Performance scores

Item no.: 124404

29.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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S. Rachmaninow: Sonate g-Moll op. 19, VcKlav (KlavpaSt)
Sergei Rachmaninow

Sonate g-Moll op. 19

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 198011

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DL: I. Strawinsky: Der Feuervogel (L'Oiseau de feu / The , 2
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Igor Strawinsky

The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu / Der Feuervogel)

Suite for orchestra (1919) arranged for 2 pianos by Achilleas Wastor (2015)

for: 2 pianos

Noten 2 Exemplare zur Aufführung nötig

Item no.: 760180

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D. Schostakowitsch: 24 Präludien und Fugen op. 87/1, Klav
Dmitri Shostakovich

24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87/1-12

Nr. 1-12
Russische Musik der Moderne

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 108805

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P. Ben-Chaim: Berceuse sfaradite, VlKlav
Paul Ben-Haim

Berceuse sfaradite

for violin and piano

for: Violin, piano

Music score

Item no.: 664328

10.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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H. Neuling: Bagatelle, HrnKlav (KlavpaSt)
Hermann Neuling

Bagatelle

für tiefes Horn und Klavier

for: Horn, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 104868

7.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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D. Schostakowitsch: Adagio Und Allegretto, 4Str (Pa+St)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch

Adagio Und Allegretto

Russische Musik der Moderne

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

Score, Parts

Item no.: 108944

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E. Satie: Ausgewählte Klavierstücke, Klav
Erik Satie

Selected Piano Pieces

Bärenreiter Urtext

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1582647

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D. Schostakowitsch: 24 Präludien und Fugen op. 87/2, Klav
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
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E. Bozza: 14 Etudes Arabesques
Eugène Bozza

14 Etudes Arabesques

Flute (Technik) (Technique)

for: Flute

Item no.: 215358

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R. Strauss: Sonatine Nr. 2
Richard Strauss

Sonatine No. 2 "Fröhliche Werkstatt" E-flat major Tr. 291

for 16 Wind instruments

for: Wind ensemble

Set of parts

Item no.: 766670

57.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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R. Gliere: 4 pieces op. 35, HrnKlav (KlavpaSt)
Reinhold Glière

4 pieces op. 35

for: Horn, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 602944

19.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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D. Schostakowitsch: Streichquartett Nr. 8 , 2VlVaVc (Stsatz)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch

String Quartet No. 8 op. 110

Russische Musik der Moderne

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

Set of parts

Item no.: 108816

29.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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E. Satie: Intégrale des _uvres pour piano vol. 1 - 3, Klav
Erik Satie, Robert Orledge

Intégrale des œuvres pour piano vol. 1 - 3

Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Signature Series

for: Piano

Bücher-Set

Item no.: 851262

64.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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R. Strauss: Morgen!, GeshVlKlav (KlavpaSt)
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
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