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.
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
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 262373
nach Klavierstücken aus Leopold Mozarts Notenbuch für Wolfgang
für Blockflötenquartett, Streichquartett oder andere Instrumente
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for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello/4 melodic instruments]
Single part Violin 3 [Viola]
Item no.: 226993
for: Accordion orchestra
Single parts 1, 2 (Accordion)
Item no.: 220243
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3, 4 (Bass instrument)
Item no.: 221019
Orgelwerke 7
Single part Organ
Item no.: 219335
op. 99
for: Guitar, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 132226
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 126920
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 126360
(Europa)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (ST) und kleines Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 791143
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 348019
F-Dur SC 51
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1559432
Choralkantate
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237852
Partita
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231537
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 231055
for: Viola
Single part Violin
Item no.: 230600
Marschop. 10
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 1546026
Marschop. 10
for: Concert band
Single part Tenor horn 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1545250
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 171166
Single part tenor horn 3
Item no.: 155728
Single part Clarinet 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 364632
for: Cello, harp
Single part(n)
Item no.: 382826
für Solo-Violine, Klavier und Streichorchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384340
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 386026
for: Flute, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031523
for String orchestra
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783910
Kantate nach Volksliedern
for: Jugendchor oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Flöte und Streichorchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 791172
(liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB), Sopran solo und Orchester
Single part Cello
Item no.: 791178
"Was mag doch diese Welt". Kantate
for: Jugendchor (Mez/SMezA) mit Streichorchester und Orgel (Klavier) oder Blasorchester oder mit Klavier 2- oder 4-händig
Single part Viola
Item no.: 792441
Serenade "Trommler, lass dein Kalbfell klingen"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit Solo (T) und kleines Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 791071
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1355479
Petrulus hirrutus
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 795528
Spielmusik für 3 Violinen zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden.
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 731271
for: Chamber orchestra
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 783921
Impressionistische Musik für Flöte
for: Flute, piano
Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1021490
"Unser sind die Stunden"
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Männerchor (TTBB) und Streichorchester, Trompete in B und Pauken oder Blechbläser
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 791159
Spielmusik für 3 Violinen zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden.
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 731274
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1014795
Baritone (Treble Clef) Part
for: Euphonium
Single part
Item no.: 1618387
GeWV 171
for: 2 Holzbläser (Flöten, Alt-Blockflöten oder Flöte und Oboe) und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 421516
Single part Viola
Item no.: 869912
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 1596171
3 Gesänge
for: Kinderchor, Flöte, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Single part Flute
Item no.: 792435
Petrulus hirrutusop. 49
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 1544911
Modern Dance
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 733684
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