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Classical Modernism – Sheet Music & Scores

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

Post-War Change

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.

Beyond Tonality

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.

Return to Folk

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.

Expressionism & Serialism

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.

Neoclassicism

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.

Important Classical Modern Composers

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Joaquín Turina

El Castillo De Almodovar Op.65 Piano

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 324419

11.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
J. Feld: Erinnerung an Mozart für Zauberflöte solo, Fl
Jindřich Feld

Erinnerung an Mozart für Zauberflöte solo

for: Flute

Single part

Item no.: 152083

10.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Isaac Albéniz

Triana

for: Piano

Item no.: 346862

14.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–5 weeks
P. Hindemith: Sonate (1955), TbKlav
Paul Hindemith

Sonate (1955)

for: Tuba, piano

Single part(n)

Item no.: 351511

19.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Currently being reprinted. Delivery time unknown.
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John Philip Sousa

Hands Across The Sea

Direktion

Item no.: 1626820

12.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Otakar Ševčík

Selected Violin Studies II

Vol. II: Left Hand Technique

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 1011295

31.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Otakar Ševčík

Selected Violin Studies

Vol. I: Bowing Technique

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 1011294

21.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
B. Bartók: Musik für Saiteninstrumente,, StroKlvPkSch (Klav)
Béla Bartók

Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta

for: String orchestra, piano, celesta, kettledrums, percussion, harp

Single part Piano

Item no.: 661806

13.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
O. Respighi: Antiche Danze ed Arie, Stro (KB)
Ottorino Respighi

Antiche Danze ed Arie

for: String orchestra

Double bass (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1552085

6.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Johann Nepomuk David

Choralwerk, Heft 12 Nr. 41 (1952)

for: Organ

Music score (hardcover)

Item no.: 285320

17.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Oskar Gyldmark

Danmark Hør Dit Hjerte Slår

for: Voice

Choir score

Item no.: 1172110

4.25  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Erik Satie

Gymnopedies(3)

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1193062

13.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Benjamin Britten

Russian Funeral Music

for: Brass band

Set of parts

Item no.: 1026822

97.35  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Marco Enrico Bossi

Canzoncina A Maria Vergine

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 998176

12.35  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
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André Jolivet

Concerto

for: Violin, piano

Book

Item no.: 1102855

33.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Gustav Holst

O Spirit, All-Embracing

for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.

Choir score

Item no.: 1156828

2.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Ivor Gurney

Prelude in F sharp major

From "Five Preludes for Piano"

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 791788

2.99  €incl. VAT
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Cyril Scott

The White Knight-high Voice/Piano (Key-e)

Klassik

for: Voice (high), piano

Music score

Item no.: 1111279

12.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Charles Tournemire, Tournemire, Charles (1870-1939)

L’Orgue Mystique 37 op.57

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1201529

10.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Charles Villiers Stanford

In Thee Is Gladness

for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.

Choir score

Item no.: 1159043

2.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Ralph Benatzky

Ich muss wieder einmal in Grinzing sein

Folk

for: Women's choir (SA), piano

Einzelstimme

Item no.: 923783

3.25  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Hans Fährmann, Fährmann, Hans (1860-1940)

Orgelsonate Nr. 1 g-Moll op.5

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1202027

9.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Come, Let Us Worship

Geistliche Musik

for: Male choir (TTBB), piano

Choir score

Item no.: 1092451

3.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Frank Martin

Tagelied

for: Mixed choir a cappella

Choir score

Item no.: 1106275

2.70  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Wilhelm Rudnick

25 kleinere Orgelstücke op. 25

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1009104

19.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Stephen Adams

Thora

for: Voice, piano

Music score

Item no.: 791244

2.99  €incl. VAT
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William Walton

Introduction To The National Anthem

for: 3 Trumpets, Trombones and Percussion

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1590957

12.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Kurt Hessenberg

Gebet

Herr! Schicke was du willt

for: Mixed choir a cappella

Choir score

Item no.: 1043611

1.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
AQ: J. Sibelius: Valse triste op. 44/1, Va (Vla) (B-Ware)
with slight signs of use
Jean Sibelius

Valse triste op. 44/1

aus der Bühnenmusik zu Kuolema
Urtext nach der Gesamtausgabe

for: Viola

Viola (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1668203

6.50  € –65 %
2.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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Erik Satie, Satie, Erik (1860-1925)

Sonatine bureaucratique für Klavier

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1201535

5.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Alan Ridout

String Quartet No 4

for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)

Set of parts

Item no.: 1193322

18.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Franz Lehár

La Veuve joyeuse - Valse

Klassik

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1195003

6.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
A. Dorati: Divertimento, ObOrch (Ob)
Antal Doráti

Divertimento

für Oboe und Orchester
Solostimme für Oboe

for: Oboe, orchestra

Single part Oboe

Item no.: 677588

15.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
DL: P. Juon: Kleine Sinfonie, Schulo (Vl2)
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Paul Juon

Kleine Sinfonie

Gradus ad Symphoniam

for: school orchestra

Single part Violin 2

Item no.: 760776

2.99  €incl. VAT
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Gerald Finzi

Prelude

from "Five Bagatelles"

for: Flute, piano

Music score

Item no.: 791203

2.99  €incl. VAT
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DL: P. Juon: Kleine Sinfonie, Schulo (Vl3)
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Paul Juon

Kleine Sinfonie

Gradus ad Symphoniam

for: school orchestra

Single part Violin 3

Item no.: 760775

2.99  €incl. VAT
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Théodore Dubois, Dubois, Théodore (1837-1924)

Au Jardin (Im Garten) - Kleine Suite für Holzbläserseptett

for: Kammerensemble (gemischt)

Score, Set of parts

Item no.: 1202037

16.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Ferruccio Busoni, Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)

Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Chopin für Klavier op.22

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1202358

10.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Vincent d'Indy, d'Indy, Vincent (1851-1931)

4 Pièces pour piano op.16

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1201173

9.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Ottorino Respighi

Ballata

for: Voice, piano

Music score

Item no.: 1530252

7.75  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Bernard Zweers

Wals zonder woorden

Harmonia-Mixed Choir

for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.

Choir score

Item no.: 905826

3.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Theo Mackeben

Mein kleiner Teddybär-Ich mache alles mit Musik

for: Salon orchestra

Buch

Item no.: 1590008

10.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Hans Sitt

Trio Opus 63/2

Book

Item no.: 1350756

13.70  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Ejnar Jacobsen

Danske Natursange 1

for: Voice

Buch

Item no.: 1171927

7.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Yvonne Desportes

Branle-bas de Combat

for: Percussion and Piano

Buch

Item no.: 1141155

11.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Alec Rowley

A Tip-toe Song Unison And Piano

Klassik

for: Choir

Choir score

Item no.: 1111239

3.25  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Arnold Bax

Third Sonata

for: Violin

Music score

Item no.: 770725

25.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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Claude Arrieu

Lectures Pour Piano Volume 1

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1140676

8.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
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