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.
French Choruses
for: men's Choir or Soloists [TTBarB] a Cappella, Percussion ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 893111
for: Oboe, Violine
Stimme
Item no.: 881972
Gedenkmusik nach Texten (deutsch) von Hans Thoma auf den letzten Sonntag des Kirchenjahres - In memoriam Hugo Distler
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 881645
A Carol of the Nativity
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 889391
In memoriam Mathias Seiber
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 889004
from Three Shakespeare Songs, op. 6
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 907528
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 906782
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 906762
Ballet in seven sections
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 906134
from the Classical Symphony op. 25
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 905600
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 905214
Suite from the film music
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 905158
March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900558
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 900443
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 892046
Streichquartett
Partitur
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 891921
March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 891506
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 898833
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 897934
Chor und Kammerorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Chor und Kammerorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 895286
Choralkantate
Werkreihe für Bläser und Sänger
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 876800
Epistelmotette zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 876762
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863921
for: Orchestra and Piano
Book
Item no.: 863740
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 863413
From Friday Afternoons
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862906
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 910214
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 910202
Old Irish Melody in Bb
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 909808
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 909722
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 909483
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909341
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 908860
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907746
Intermezzo
Set of parts
Item no.: 902428
Concord
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901397
Blasorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 901022
for: Baritone, Men's Choir [TBARB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897601
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 910962
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904409
March
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904160
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 903772
March
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 902969
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 902907
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 989653
Ballad-Opera
for: Opera
Study score
Item no.: 575997
for: Gemischter Chor, [Violine)
Choir score
Item no.: 472430
for Military Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 463349
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