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.
Pantomimischer Tanz nach einem Gedicht von Manuel Machado
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 729553
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090354
for high voice and piano
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 782311
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 905107
op. 44
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209046
from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Voice, piano
Partitur = Klavierstimme
Item no.: 748750
for brass band arranged by Dennis Wright
for: Blechblasorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750181
Kantate nach Moses I, 11, 1-9
for: Erzähler, Männerchor (TTBB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 751612
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077961
(nach originalen Volksmelodien)
for: Salon orchestra [symphonic orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 1565796
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077205
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043453
op. 15
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 1587179
Theme from first movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791815
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1590988
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1530265
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172407
Ludi scaenici
for: Soli (ST), gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB), 4 Klaviere, Pauken und Schlagwerk (10-12 Spieler)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 734332
Edition Schott
for: Harfe, Flöte, Klarinette, Horn, Violine, Viola und Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 751531
Opera in a prologue and two acts
for: Opera
Lyrics
Item no.: 1211470
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998195
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998243
for: Violin, Flute and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 998785
for: Vocal, Violin, Flute and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 998792
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 888311
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 774
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 886754
for: 2 Voices and Piano
Book
Item no.: 900801
Pre-School
Orff-Schulwerk – American Edition
for: Orff instruments
Music lesson book
Item no.: 781120
3. Caprice
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148293
GIA Guitar Part
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157450
Windependence
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 862529
GIA Instrumental
for: 4 brass instruments
Buch
Item no.: 1151456
Klassik
for: Soprano, Piano and String Quartet
Score
Item no.: 1212631
Kontrapunktische, tonale und klaviertechnische Übungen
for: Organ
Item no.: 1684615
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1022567
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1648904
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659218
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Edition Schott
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 737681
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1102694
for medium voice and piano
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759227
Fantasie über "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747185
"Der Vogel der im Fluge ruht"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742541
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 791763
aus der Operette "Die Perle von Tokay"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 787956
Salome
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 760605
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor
Choir score
Item no.: 755286
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