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.
Brieger Christnacht 1944
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 177431
Magnificat
for: Solo (Sopran), einstimmiger Kinderchor (Frauenchor), Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 231039
A Christmas Dance
Faber Wind Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651236
"Und das Wort ward Fleisch" verwendet die Technik einer abschnittsweise imitierenden Motette.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 644963
Per Soprano O Tenore E Pianoforte - Testo In Latino
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 347724
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2291
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 245925
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 198621
Spieloper in 2 Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100613
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester – Textblatt flämisch
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 229403
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 334876
für Gesang (hoch) und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 200041
aus A Ceremony of Carols op. 28
Winthrop Rogers Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Score
Item no.: 498359
Southern Music
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925112
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 808344
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202930
Nr. 2: Pastores loquebantur (Lk 2, 15-20)
for: Voice (tenor/soprano), piano
Item no.: 351293
Oratorium breve (1944)
für Soli, zwei gemischte Chöre und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 246408
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 242757
for: für Violoncello und Klavier
Item no.: 146270
Leichte Weihnachtsfantasie
Fantasiestück für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192546
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 864809
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291803
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291514
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291506
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291505
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291499
Spiel in kleinen Gruppen
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 111363
for: Vocal
Item no.: 1530013
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 882939
Piano reduction
Item no.: 464558
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384383
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 862001
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 579205
Galopp
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 281962
for: FL OB VL ORG
Score
Item no.: 287175
for: Youth string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687250
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 944678
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947386
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 138595
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 621412
Leuckart-Reprint
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 408811
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 412637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 637685
Cantanta
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) mit Sopran-Solo und Streichquintett
Partitur (Klavierauszug zu Probezwecken)
Item no.: 741487
aus "Spanisches Liederbuch" (Geistliche Lieder, Nr. 5)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1166
Harp
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155769
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