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.
Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 197099
nach Klavierstücken aus Leopold Mozarts Notenbuch für Wolfgang
für Blockflötenquartett, Streichquartett oder andere Instrumente
– Sonderanfertigung. Verzögerte Lieferung –
for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello/4 melodic instruments]
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 684547
Highlights aus "Die Csárdásfürstin", "Gräfin Mariza", "Der Zigeunerprimas", "Die Zirkusprinzessin", etc.
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Single part Percussion 1
Item no.: 690504
Suite 1
EOS – Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608090
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 494934
Orchestermaterial
for: Choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1632455
for: 5 soloists (SMezTTB), narrator, male choir (TTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra,
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1160743
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201171
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1202244
for: Cello, organ
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1202198
Swiss Composers Series
for: Trombone, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1023835
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 953910
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006256
for flute, oboe and viola
study score and parts
for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICH+HOLZBLASINSTR. TRIOS
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Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 in three versions: Original version for Voice
Choir/Voice & Instrument(s) Choir/Voice & Orchestra
Item no.: 1344379
String Quartet No. 2 in G (parts)
Chamber Music
Item no.: 1344176
Klassik
for: Violin and 2 Pianos
Book
Item no.: 984306
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 984208
Klassik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984203
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125719
Chor und Keyboard
for: Chor und Keyboard
Item no.: 885163
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 265683
Ten pieces for Intermediate Flautists, with Piano accompaniment.
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395435
for: Mandolin orchestra
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 373681
for: Accordion orchestra
PART ST (10)
Item no.: 488175
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 124493
for: Cello, Klavier (Cembalo)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640396
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 337055
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208927
Item no.: 613143
Episodes chevaleresques op.35 für Orchester
Studienpartitur
Study score
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Reprint
The Flemish Music Collection
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344679
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202305
for: Organ
Music score
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Schule
for: Solfege
Buch
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Klassik
for: Solfege
Book
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for: Voice (medium), piano
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202736
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1200851
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488301
key: C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1081905
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644691
1-2st Kinder- oder Männerchor, c''-Blfl, 2 V, Vc, F (Gt), Perc ad lib.
Item no.: 1616622
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