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.
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 945253
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
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for: Voice, piano
Book
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Klassik
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Score
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Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Zortzico
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: 4 voices
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Score
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Flute - Seule
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 238662
for: Guitar
Music score
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From Segunda Suite Espanola Op.97
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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Cycle Apres Pentecote-Dom.12 Post Pentecoste-Orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 993155
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 300025
Klassik
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 992950
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1136574
for: Mezzosopran solo, Bariton solo, Klavier, Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064393
for: für Blockflötenquartett und Gitarre ad lib. Sopranblockflöte
Single part
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for: Organ
Music score
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Slovenian March - Slowenischer Marsch, opus 72
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865068
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 243078
for cello and orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
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op. 27
for: Flöte, Klarinette, Pauke, Klavier, Streicher
Set of parts
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Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 263869
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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March
for: Concert band
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