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.
6 Gedichte von Georg Traklop. 23/2
for: Alt-Stimme mit Flöte, Klarinette und Streichquartett
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1545203
Oratoriumop. 105
for: gemischter Chor (unisono, Volksgesang) mit Orgel oder kleinem Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1545432
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1544667
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1545430
Kantate nach einem englischen Volkslied
Single part Viola
Item no.: 875813
Sing- und Spielmusik für Liebhaber und Musikfreundeop. 45/2
for: Chor (MezMez) mit Instrumenten (Streicher)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545708
pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784445
Domesticum
for: Salon orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 301314
Marschop. 10
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 302078
Kantateop. 41
for: Solo (S oder T), Männerchor (TTBB), Streichorchester und 3 Trompeten ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 275009
für Gitarre oder Cembalo mit Orchester, Ausgabe Cembalo und Klavier (Kl. A.)
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 305574
"Wir malten eine Sonnenuhr zum Spaß" aus "Huttens letzte Tage"
for: gemischter Chor (SMezAB), Streicher und Klavier
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 241736
Kantate nach Volksliedern
for: Jugendchor oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Flöte und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 791169
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 2
for: Flute, string orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 649372
for: Violin, viola, piano
Single part Violin
Item no.: 622673
"Sumer is icumen in"
for: gemischter Chor (STBar) und Instrumente
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 293592
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 228506
Le Moulin de la forét noire
Diatonisches Bassinstrument
for: Accordion orchestra
Bass instrument in C (orchestral part)
Item no.: 219099
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603778
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479746
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 479745
Kleine Choralkantate
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 472556
Heft 2
Heft 2
for: Voice (high), piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100690
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Single part Harp
Item no.: 375975
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375913
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 376658
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 376657
op. 99
for: Guitar, orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 143743
Konzertstück
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 395878
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 145335
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 144964
Faksimileausgabe
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420133
Kantate Nr. 1
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), 3 (2) Klaviere und Schlagzeug (5 Spieler)
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 155475
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 445984
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 168860
Spielmusik für drei Violinen - Violine 2
zur solistischen und chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 127552
for: Flute, orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1209760
für Akkordeonorchester Akkordeon 4
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 146275
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 374156
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420137
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018295
Choralkantate
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237851
Partita
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231539
für Bariton, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Ein kirchenmusikalisches Frühwerk des berühmten Opernkomponisten.
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677347
Choralkantate
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230238
Choralkantate
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230236
Marschop. 10
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1545561
für Solo-Violine, Klavier und Streichorchester
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384343
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