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.
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Score (Hardcover)
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composed for a young elephant
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aus "Symphonic Metamorphosis"
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Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
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Ein Konversationsstück für Musik in einem Aufzug op. 85
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670987
Fassung "September 1927"
Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Leos Janácek B/5,2
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor, Flöten (4) (Flöte I-III muta in Piccolo-Blockflöte), Oboen (2) und Englischhorn, Klarinetten (3) (Klarinette III muta in Bass-Klarinette), Fagotte (3) (Fagott III muta in Kontra-Fagott), Hörner (4), Trompeten (4), Posaunen (3), Tuba, Pauken (3), Triangel, Kleine Trommel, Hängendes Becken, Tamtam / Chau Gong, Glockenspiel, Glocke, Celesta, Harfen (2), Orgel, Streicher
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581325
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Set of parts
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Oper in drei Akten
Arnold Schönberg – Sämtliche Werke 8,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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Serie VII Band 2
for: Male choir
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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Serie VII
for: Choir
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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Klavierwerke ohne opusnummer
JSW - Jean Sibelius Sämtliche Werke (Hg.: Finnische Nationalbibliothek und Sibelius-Gesellschaft Finnland
JSW V/4
for: Piano
Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe
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Hanns Eisler Complete Edition (HEGA) I/5
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Hardcover)
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Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
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Arrangement Classic
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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"Symphonie der Tausend"
Mahler - Gesamtausgabe 8
Nach dem Text der Kritischen Gesamtausgabe. Herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Wien
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GESAMTAUSGABE
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Score
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Southern Music
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G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
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Bd 065: Der helle Bach. Klavierauszug
Schostakowitsch - Neue Gesamtausgabe 065 (Complete edition)
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Comme un Bruit de Foire
Masterpieces
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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I Tre Re
for: Concert Band
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From Symphonia Serena
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for: Concert band
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Eine Oper in vier Aufzügen
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Full Score
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Score
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Final Version 1906
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Oper in fünf Aufzügen
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Oper in einem Aufzug op. 39
Serie III, Band 14 (A+B)
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2 scores (hardcover)
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symphonic suite from the opera
for: Concert band
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symphonic suite from the opera
Amstel Concert Band
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Brass Band
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for: Trumpet, concert band
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Songs III (1901 - 1903)
for: Voice, piano
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
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Opera Completa
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
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Gesamtausgabe
for: Organ
Score (Hardcover)
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2020 Edition
LudwigMasters - Percy Grainger
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Kritischer Bericht, Skizzen
Band 6,2 (kritischer Bericht) (Critical Report)
Book (Hardcover)
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Hybrid Edition Abteilung 1/3 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: ORG DVD
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Spartakus (Ballett) - Teil I
Chatschaturjan - Gesammelte Werke 011
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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