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.
JSW – Complete Works – Series I (Orchestral works) 12b
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 766313
JSW – Complete Works – Series I (Orchestral works) 2
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487165
Vol. 1: Trios with Piano
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score
Item no.: 1677893
Hanns Eisler Complete Edition (HEGA) V/5
for: 7 voices (SMezMezTTBarBar), chamber orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 465010
Gajaneh (Ballett) - Teil I
Chatschaturjan - Gesammelte Werke 007
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 672202
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587722
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 924542
Richard Strauss Works – Critical Edition (RSW)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 773523
Polonaise, Op. 49
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668815
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 442698
Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe
for: Piano
Item no.: 1012807
for: 5 Soli, Chor und Kammerorchester
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1546236
Mars, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
for: Brass ensemble (14 parts), timpani, latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1555739
Bd 052 B: Lady Macbeth von Mzensk. Akt 3 und 4
Schostakowitsch - Neue Gesamtausgabe 052 B (Complete edition)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 495107
Complete version
Arrangement Classic
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185912
The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/8
for: Streichinstrument solo, Orchester
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 868786
Serie II: Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme
for: Voice, piano
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1556324
Théodore Dubois. Sämtliche Orgelwerke 1-6
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
6 music scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 746169
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986360
JSW – Complete Works – Series I (Orchestral works) 10
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 264389
Opus 18
for: Piano and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198640
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 868844
Les Synthétistes
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642934
Cantata for Mezzo Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105807
William Walton Edition 23
for: Narrator, mixed choir (SATB), boys' choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769532
Oper in fünf Aufzügen
Score
Item no.: 1544361
for Concert Band
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 793841
Oper in 3 Akten, 2. und 3. Teil, Anhang
Band 7, 2. und 3. Teil (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 173690
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 1546281
The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition I/1/12H 370
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012125
Complete Works III
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1012784
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 187728
Band 5 (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 304275
William Walton Edition vol. 17, Hardback
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893044
William Walton Edition vol. 6, Hardback
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 892271
Hardback
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 891701
William Walton Edition 19
Score
Item no.: 769528
William Walton Edition 12
for: Viola, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 493159
Hardback
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894035
Hardback
for: Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893278
Hardback
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 892454
Hardback
for: Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 890954
An Extravaganza in One Act
Second Edition
William Walton Edition vol. 2
for: 3 voices, chamber orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 892090
William Walton Edition vol. 7, Hardback
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920347
William Walton Edition 9
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 123647
William Walton Edition 10
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 769711
Hardback
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920257
Kritischer Bericht, Fassungen, Skizzen, Fragmente (Textteil)
Arnold Schönberg – Sämtliche Werke I/2,1
for: Voice, piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 101741
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