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.
Per Quartetto D'Archi (1909) - Partitura
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 260017
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 257781
Edizione In 2 Volumi - Volume 1 (N. 1 - 16), Senza Note
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257229
Cinq épisodes pour soprano et orchestre
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 624415
Per 2 Violini, 2 Viole E 2 Violoncelli
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259277
Per Violoncello E Orchestra (1968)
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 259195
for: Piano
Item no.: 484561
Klassik
for: Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 835867
William Walton Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 769709
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 832550
per coro misto, coro infantile e orchestra, su testi di S. Matteo, Oscar Wilde e James Joyce
for: Mixed Choir, Children's Choir and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832544
Un atto dalla Bibbia (Libro di Giobbe)
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389748
Drama in einem Aufzug nach Oscar Wildes gleichnamiger Dichtung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100536
for: Partitur A4
Score
Item no.: 264981
Solo-Konzert
for: Orchestra and Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1542508
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 964156
Klassik
for: Alle Instrumente
Book
Item no.: 992717
für Klavier und Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score
Item no.: 325649
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Men's Voices
Score
Item no.: 295480
Oper in zwei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal op. 75
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100697
Oper in zwei Akten und einem Nachspiel
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388787
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 928357
Klassik
for: Cello, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1103793
Klassik
for: Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 838258
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 833309
Mitropa Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958540
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118437
Per Tromba, Violino e Pianoforte
for: Trumpet, Violin and Piano
Score
Item no.: 833196
Gegenwartsmusik
Score
Item no.: 833353
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 837893
Klassik
for: Oboe and String Quartet
Set of parts
Item no.: 836137
Klassik
Set of parts
Item no.: 836133
Per Viola E Orchestra (1964) - Riduzione Per Viola E Pianoforte
for: Viola or 2 Viole and Piano
Score
Item no.: 258893
Opera in 3 atti (1 scena) da Euripide
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 832463
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 375797
op.47
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 683693
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 835546
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 834753
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1342961
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 835880
op. 13
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 187381
Komödie mit Tänzen von Jean Baptiste Molière
Richard Strauss - Sämtliche Bühnenwerke
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 372607
Komödie mit Tänzen von Jean Baptiste Molière
for: 2 (auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 · 2 - 2 · 1 · 1 · 0 - P. S. (Trgl. · Beck. · Tamb. · kl.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100617
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 389792
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103677
Part I: 1st and 2nd movement
Belkis, Queen of Sheba-Suite for Wind Orchestra
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 884050
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 182011
Per Voce Media e Alcuni Strumenti
for: Voice (medium)
Score
Item no.: 390088
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