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.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230598
for: Flexible wind band
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 193652
Pauken und Schlagzeug ad lib.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384119
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387606
Schulwerk für Instrumental-Zusammenspiel
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 784665
(liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB), Sopran solo und Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 791175
Galopp für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 681533
for String orchestra
for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 783918
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 684479
"Einst klang in Tara Harfenton"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Klavier oder Streichorchester und Harfe
Single part Harp
Item no.: 748310
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet) [string orchestra]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646493
"Ich setz ein Streit: Musik und Jägerei"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und kleines Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 791108
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784683
Choralkantate
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 881904
Choralkantate
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 872875
Sing- und Spielmusik für Liebhaber und Musikfreundeop. 45/3
for: Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545617
Sing- und Spielmusik für Liebhaber und Musikfreundeop. 45/1
for: Chor (MezBar) mit Flöte und Streichern
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1546048
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 875291
Petrulus hirrutusop. 49
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Flute 2
Item no.: 1544701
GeWV 50
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit 3 Trompeten und 2 Posaunen oder Klavier 4-händig
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1545213
(Moosburger Cantional)GeWV 4
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Solo (hoch) und Streicher; Blockflöte, Flöte, Oboe, Fagott und Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 1546146
für Streichquartett oder Streichorchester op. 53/3 (1954)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 672690
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet) [string orchestra]
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646498
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784473
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1545071
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 2
for: Flute, string orchestra
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649373
Kantate
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 873276
Marschop. 10
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 301746
Kantateop. 41
for: Solo (S oder T), Männerchor (TTBB), Streichorchester und 3 Trompeten ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 275008
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 290424
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 302232
Marschop. 10
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 302037
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 142749
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 462363
aus "Das Land des Lächelns"
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 473173
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375976
Spielmusik für drei Violinen - Violine 3
zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 127569
Spielmusik für drei Violinen - Violine 2
zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 127568
Modern Dance - Violine 1
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 127555
for: 2 accordions (duet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 395894
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 160996
2. Satz - Intermède
Das Akkordeon Solo
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 163345
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 161841
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 150945
5. Satz - Scherzo
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 211684
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion solo
Item no.: 222965
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222962
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