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.
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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Russische Musik der Moderne
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts
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Doppelgriff-Vorstudien. Unterrichtswerk für Viola
Sevcik Violin Studies (Technik) (Technique)
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199915
for: Organ
Item no.: 357426
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 163179
ABRSM Cello Exam Pieces 2016-2019
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197989
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 279867
Unpublished Works Collection
for: Piano
Music score
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sur le thème du "Veni creator" op. 4
pour orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283701
Nocturne
for: Flute, Percussion and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340419
Oper in 4 Akten (9 Bildern) – Urfassung 1932
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175781
A Collection of 14 Songs
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 144917
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617092
Volume 7: Pièces pittoresques et poétiques
C: 1910–1932
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431102
für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
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for: Organ
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for: Recorder, piano
Book
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Score
Item no.: 430029
En La Mineur Dans Le Caractère Populaire Roumain
for: Piano and Violin
Book
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Heft 1 (Nr. 1-6)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 360533
op. 8
for: Cello
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and French Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 325716
for obtaining a sure piano technique
for: Piano
Music score
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Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
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Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 659960
Weberns Interpretationsvorstellungen erläutert an Hand des Faksimiles seines Arbeitsexemplars (Facsimile)
for: Piano
Music score
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Changes of position and preparatory scale studies
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
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Piano Solo Book
for: Piano
Music score
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Music score
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Petite cantate de chambre pour 6 voix mixtes ou chœur a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) [6 voices] a cappella
Choir score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
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for Clarinet and Orchestra
Arrangement for Clarinet and Piano
for: Clarinet (a), piano
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for: Violin [cello], piano
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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for alto Saxophone
for: Alto saxophone, piano
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Vocal Collection
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
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for Viola (Violin) and Cello
Oxford Chamber Music
for: Viola [violin], cello
Ensemble score
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Realisation for string septet by Rudolf Leopold
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass (septet)
Set of parts
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V/Vc/Klav
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
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Concerto after old folksongs
Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierpunkt!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
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for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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arranged for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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