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.
Variations on an Original Melody
for: Concert band
Score
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for orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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from "Danzas Fantásticas"
for: Brass ensemble (12 parts), timpani, latin percussion
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
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Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
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"from ""First Suite in Eb"""
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Edition Schott
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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Kanon in der Gegenbewegung mit Beibehaltung der Terz im Abstand von zwei Vierteln
aus: Kanons durch alle Dur- und Molltonarten, Heft I
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6193
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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for: Voice (low), piano
Book
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für Soli, gem Chor, Orgel und Orchester
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for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Score
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Klassik
for: Piano
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for: 4 guitars (quartet)
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for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
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Southern Music
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Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
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Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: SATB divisi [SSAATTBB]
Einzelstimme
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for: Concert band
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Piano reduction
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Klassik
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Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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für großes Orchester und Klavier
Partitur
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1343689
for: Clarinet Quartet and Solo
Score, Parts
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Orchestral Variations on an Original Melody
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Repertoire Explorer
for: Harp, orchestra
Study score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: 4 clarinets
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Sound Spectacular
70 Repertoire Favorities for Young Players
for: Trumpet; piano ad lib.
Music score
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Klassik
for: 2 Flutes, Alto Flute and Bass Flute
Score, Parts
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Symphonic poem
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Progressive Studies
for: Piano
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Cinco nocturnos
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Score
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Guitar Duet
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
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Music for three Violins soloists or group destined for the group-teaching and adapted to various methods
for: 3 violins
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano
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for: Concert band
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Based on Hungarian Folk Tunes
for: Piano
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for: Guitar
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GIA Evoking Sound
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
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"Repertorium für Militärorchester"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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Sonnet XVIII
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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1. Tanz mir nicht mit meiner Jungfer Käthen, 2. Ich fahr dahin
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
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