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.
Walzer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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op. 6
Item no.: 1628816
Drei Chöre nach Worten von Angelus Silesius 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308644
Surrexit Christus
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308617
Walzer
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308449
Polka française, gem Chor, Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 308391
Walzer, für gem Ch, Orchester (Klav)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998193
Highlights aus "Die Csárdásfürstin", "Gräfin Mariza", "Der Zigeunerprimas", "Die Zirkusprinzessin", etc.
5. Stimme
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Part 5 in C low (bassoon / trombone / tuba)
Item no.: 690509
op. 39
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 241969
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351328
Lobgesangop. 52/5
for: Piano
Item no.: 289050
for: Klarinette und Streichorchester mit Trompete in B
Solostimme
Item no.: 290196
ORGELWERKE 64
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201549
Choralkantate Nr. 4
for: Voice (alto)
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 289392
for: 12 cellos
Score
Item no.: 276111
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 278870
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293583
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293576
for: 3 violins
Item no.: 247126
Buch
Item no.: 249520
Buch
Item no.: 251975
Buch
Item no.: 251475
Score
Item no.: 252773
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 271954
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 261219
Op.Viii N.12F.I-31 - Tomo 85
for: Violin, String Ensemble and BC
Score
Item no.: 262580
In Do 'Il Piacere' Op.Viii N.6 Rv 180, F.I-27 - Tomo 81 - Parti
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 260227
Per Piccolo Coro E 20 Strumenti
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 263086
Solo-Konzert
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 263081
for: Brass band
Item no.: 260996
Opera Completa
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
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Opera Completa
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
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Opera Completa
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260693
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 264205
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 264198
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Copland 2000
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 303077
Original Wienerlieder u. Tänze Doppelnr. mit Vancura, A.: op. 235. Hürdenritt, Galopp
for: Concert band
Item no.: 304446
for: Concert band
Item no.: 304413
for: Horn, piano
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Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 268608
for: Piano
Piano score
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Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 266626
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 266621
Klassik
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Score
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for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 266551
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