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.
Heft 8: Kleine Sinfonie, op. 87
for: Youth string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371531
op. 89
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 352419
for: hohe Männerstimme und Klavier
Item no.: 352153
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 100455
Duett Nedda - Tonio aus "Der Bajazzo"
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Item no.: 100452
Melodienfolge aus dem gleichnamigen Märchenspiel
for: Akkordeon-Solo, Handharmonika-Solo, Akkordeon-Orchester:I, II, III,IV, Basso, Handharmonika-Orchester: I, II, III,IV, Baß (F-B), Schlagze ug, Pauken
Item no.: 102084
Melodienfolge aus dem gleichnamigen Märchenspiel
for: Akkordeon-Solo, Handharmonika-Solo, Akkordeon-Orchester:I, II, III,IV, Basso, Handharmonika-Orchester: I, II, III,IV, Baß (F-B), Schlagze ug, Pauken
Item no.: 102082
Melodienfolge aus dem gleichnamigen Märchenspiel
for: Akkordeon-Solo, Handharmonika-Solo, Akkordeon-Orchester:I, II, III,IV, Basso, Handharmonika-Orchester: I, II, III,IV, Baß (F-B), Schlagze ug, Pauken
Item no.: 102081
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293581
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 293575
from Music for Movies
for: Flute Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 303079
op. 26
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 459098
from "The Wasps"
for: Blockflöten (SAT), Schlagwerk und Klavier; Glockenspiel und Xylophon ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354831
for: Klarinette, Fagott, Violine, Viola, Violoncello
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 306560
(Thomas Christian David)
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 305931
for: Piano
Item no.: 305463
Kleine Motette
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116640
2 Chorsätze aus "Der Jahrkreis"
for: 3 voices
Choir score
Item no.: 116629
Nr. 1 Buckaroo Holiday
for: Wind Band
Score
Item no.: 868472
Chanson Variée in 3 Strophen
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 352026
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 351907
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 351787
Marschop. 10
for: Concert band
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 343273
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 351475
3 Gesänge
for: Kinderchor, Flöte, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Partitur
Item no.: 351395
Komisches Intermezzo
for: PICC-FL (TRP) POS (FAG/EUPH/VC) BLM
Set of parts
Item no.: 339605
Domesticum
for: Salon orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 328404
for: 2 pianos, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635530
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (Bar), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370880
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 203722
3. Wachtelschlag "Am Kirchturm steht der Abendstern"op. 110
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203672
2. Nur "Ein Ton ist's, nur ein Ton"op. 110
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203670
3. Römische Weinsprüche; "Pete me imple" (lat.)GeWV 53
for: Male choir
Chorstimme
Item no.: 203649
2. Die Linien des Lebens sind verschiedenop. 79
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 202412
1. Freund, solln wir allesamtop. 75
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 202322
5. Heimliches Glück "Mir kommt zuweilen wohl ein Tag"op. 33
for: gemischter Chor (SSATBarB)
Choir score
Item no.: 202301
1. Vom Hausregiment "Es ist gewiss ein frommer Mann"op. 33
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202293
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 201781
"Herr, schicke, was du willst"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204949
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204947
3. Das Mädchen: "Stand das Mädchen an dem Fenster"
for: Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Sopran solo
Choir score
Item no.: 204935
Es ist ein altes Wort / Ein rechter MannGeWV 69
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204720
3. Brautschau - Leánynézö
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 204439
Ein Trauerspiel des Sophokles
Lyric book
Item no.: 199289
Variationen über die Bergpredigtop. 106
Lyric book
Item no.: 199248
(Volkslied, 15 Jh.)
for: Kinderchor (Mez) mit Männerchor (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 203350
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203165
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