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.
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630573
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 977443
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003498
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 951307
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 929545
Southern Music
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 925090
for: Violin solo, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 1016944
Konzertmarsch
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1582459
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1576654
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1568662
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1567339
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381168
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1380725
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384786
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384783
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384780
for: Clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1384666
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384516
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1380721
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1380713
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium or Tuba & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251875
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233786
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233784
for: Tuba, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233663
Eb Horn & Klavier
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593698
version in D minor
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593650
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592389
score and parts
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592322
FOR BRASS QUARTET
SCORE AND PARTS
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597184
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596750
Version in C minor
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 592987
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592700
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590133
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594266
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594264
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596388
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596385
for horn in F and piano
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596382
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1670122
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1050526
for: Violin, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638478
for: Piano, Cornet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613055
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612939
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612777
A
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612612
Dm
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612610
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612568
Dm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612550
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
