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.
„Was mir die Liebe erzählt“
for: Brass ensemble, organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1659016
Komisches Ballett in 3 Akten und 4 Szenen
Russische Musik der Moderne
Piano reduction
Item no.: 170456
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355854
6 Orgelkompositionen
Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Leos Janácek F/2 (Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Collection, Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 117484
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1653733
Concerto serenoop. 160
for: Guitar, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287329
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601836
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580952
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386451
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden (dt/frz)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1344036
Opera Completa
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260733
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385640
Ausgabe für 3 Klaviere
dem Klavierduo Uriate-Mrongovius gewidmet
for: 3 pianos (6 hands)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 141780
for: Organ, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1201404
Concert March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015720
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 384953
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1581117
Introduktion und Variationen über ein Thema aus dem Violinkonzert op.77 von
Johannes Brahms
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678013
The Music of Pavel Stanek
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 287971
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090397
for: String orchestra
Set of parts (Strings: 4–4–3–2)
Item no.: 635507
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1540515
Study Score No. 146
for: Viola [or Cello] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 318208
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 307195
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 306579
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Book
Item no.: 404600
für 4 Trompeten, Horn, 4 Posaunen und Tuba
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 638143
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 602244
Belwin Intermediate String/ Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra [string orchestra]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483500
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1343787
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251614
for: Voice, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254112
Arrangement Classic
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1183255
for: Clarinet, horn, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560484
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016579
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019226
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063221
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063613
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1062110
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015353
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064195
Prologue & Intermezzo
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070112
Ein Stück mit Musik in einem Vorspiel und acht Bildern
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 428413
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212243
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262124
I.Abteilung: Musikalische Werke, Band 2: Lulu, Teil 4
Kommentar
Berg GA/Bd. I/2,4
Score
Item no.: 772106
Oper nach einer Komödie von Karel Čapek
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124468
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382616
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