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.
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for: String orchestra
Score
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Les Amours du Jardin
for: Female Choir a Cappella
Score
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Per Orchestra (1988) - Partitura
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Per Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Arpa E Altri Strumenti
Score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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Opera in tre atti e cinque quadri
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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(Preludio, Intermezzo, Sine Nomine) Per Organo
for: Organ
Music score
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A 3 Voci Maschili Con Organo O Armonium - Tenori I
for: Male choir
Score
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Per Voce E Pianoforte (Soprano/Tenore)
for: Voice, piano
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Per Flauto In Sol E Archi
for: Flute and String Ensemble
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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für Klarinette und Streicher op. 54
Fassung für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction
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for: Viola, piano
Piano reduction
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for: FL OB KLAR STR
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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Heft III/3
Canzone für 4 Hörner
for: Horn
Score
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for: Piano
Piano reduction
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Piano reduction
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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Orgel, VI/II, Va, Vc, Kontrabass, timp
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3st gemischter Chor, Gemeinde, EnglHn, Fg, Fl, Ob, Orgel
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1st (instr ad lib) Chor
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für 6st gemischten Chor a cappella
Partitur
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
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Orgel, VI/II, Va, Vc, Kontrabass, timp
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Score
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nach Tänzen aus Leopold Mozarts Notenbuch für Wolfgang
für Blockflötenquartett, Streichquartett oder andere Instrumente
for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello/4 melodic instruments]
Single part Violin 2
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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Oper/Operette
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Score
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for: Guitar or Lute
Score
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Solo-Konzert
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
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Kantate
for: Voice, piano
Score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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Score
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for: Choir
Score
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for: Piano
Score
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Ballett
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Harpsichord or 2 Harpsichords
Score
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Klassik
for: Male choir
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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Klassik
for: Men's Choir a Cappella
Score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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