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.
Ein Lehrstück von Bertolt Brecht
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1696599
Kadenz im 3. Satz von Heinz Röttger
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1696480
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 816860
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590484
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590392
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Combo
Buch
Item no.: 1590438
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Salon orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1590667
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590587
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590506
Musikalische Erzählungen
for: Narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1696576
for: Brass ensemble (13 parts), timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696385
aus Suite Nr. 2 für Jazzorchester
Der berühmte Walzer endlich in einer Fassung für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 686909
aus Suite Nr. 2 für Jazzorchester
Der berühmte Walzer endlich in einer Fassung für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 686907
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 857724
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198281
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947146
for: Salon orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1590634
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590192
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590653
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184429
Marsch-March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180109
Marsch
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179896
March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179893
March
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179798
Original Compositions
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat)
Item no.: 1185565
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Men's Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185480
Ouverture, Opus 23
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1184990
Mars, the Bringer of War
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189587
March
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189405
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181936
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1182922
March
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1182891
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1182699
March
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1182698
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344625
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1187641
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011803
Eb major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 726740
1. Satz - Gigue et Cortège
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 749554
From Symphonia Serena
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187248
Musique Champetre
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186635
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186468
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190091
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188991
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188638
Poeme Symphonique
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188242
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188847
In Een Kloostertuin (Latijn)
for: Concert Band and Choir [opt.]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188737
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