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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Alec Rowley

A Cycle of Three Mystical Songs

for: Voice (high), piano

Piano reduction

Item no.: 1633293

11.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
R. Hahn: Die verzweifelte Nachtigall 1, Klav
Reynaldo Hahn

The distraught nightingale 1

Poèmes

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1643325

16.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Hendrik Andriessen

Maria Zart Von Edler Art

for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), organ

Score

Item no.: 1593255

4.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
G. Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Stro (Pa+St)
Gustav Holst

St. Paul's Suite

Goodmusic Concert Classics

for: String orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 951560

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

La Belle Excentrique

for: Piano 4 hands

Ensemble score

Item no.: 1689145

21.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
L. Janá_ek: Aus einem Totenhaus A/10, GsGchOrch (Part.)
Leoš Janáček

From the House of the Dead

Opera in three acts

for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra

Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1689143

650.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
S. Prokofjew: Music for Children op. 65, Klav
Sergei Prokofiev

Music for Children op. 65

12 easy pieces

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 379278

9.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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Carl Michael Ziehrer

Herrreinspaziert op. 518

for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano

Piano score

Item no.: 1687838

10.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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Carl Michael Ziehrer

Herrreinspaziert op. 518

for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano

Choir score

Item no.: 1687839

2.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
C. Bohm: Schlafe! Berceuse op. 397/6, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Carl Bohm

Sleep! Berceuse op. 397/6

I.–V. Lage

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1687887

9.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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S. Prokofjew: Thirteen Pieces from Cinderella, Klav
Sergei Prokofiev

Thirteen Pieces from Cinderella

Three Pieces Op. 95, Ten Pieces, Op.97

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1684576

10.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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Marco Enrico Bossi

Feuillet d'album op. 111

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1684593

15.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
J. Sibelius: Valse triste op. 44/1, Sinfo (Vla)
Jean Sibelius

Valse triste op. 44/1

aus der Bühnenmusik zu Kuolema
Urtext nach der Gesamtausgabe

for: Symphonic orchestra

Viola (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1011758

6.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
J. Ibert: Pièce, Fl
Jacques Ibert

Pièce

Notes d'interprétation de Bruno Jouard

for: Flute

Music score

Item no.: 1684419

13.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
A. Schönberg: Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23, Klav
Arnold Schoenberg

Fünf Klavierstücke op. 23

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1646590

18.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
F. Busoni: Du bist wie eine Blume, GesKlav
Ferruccio Busoni

Du bist wie eine Blume

14 Lieder auf das Gedicht von Heinrich Heine

for: Voice, piano

Music score

Item no.: 1684489

19.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
M. Bonis: Pièce op. 189, FlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Mel Bonis

Pièce op. 189

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1684436

12.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
A. Beach: Romance op. 23, VlKlav (Pa+St)
Amy Beach

Romance op. 23

for: Violin, piano

Score, part

Item no.: 1684415

8.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
S. Prokofjew: Klaviersonate Nr. 7 op. 83, Klav
Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Sonata no. 7 op. 83

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1645846

17.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
S. Prokofjew: Toccata op. 11, Klav
Sergei Prokofiev

Toccata op. 11

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1646592

10.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
M.M. Ponce: 24 Preludes for Guitar, Git
Manuel María Ponce

24 Preludes for Guitar

New Urtext Edition with comparison of sources and reproduction of fragments from the autograph manuscript

for: Guitar

Music score

Item no.: 1681650

14.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
F. Busoni: Rondo arlecchinesco op. 46 K 266, GesTOrch (Stp)
Ferruccio Busoni

Rondo arlecchinesco op. 46 K 266

Harlequin's Round Dance

for: Voice (tenor), orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 1681466

15.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
F. Busoni: Turandot K 273, GsGchOrch (KA)
Ferruccio Busoni

Turandot K 273

A Chinese Fable in 2 Acts after Carlo Gozzi

for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra

Piano reduction

Item no.: 1681457

69.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
R. Strauss: Sonate op. 18, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Richard Strauss

Sonate op. 18

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1681120

29.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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Richard Strauss

Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156

Tondichtung für großes Orchester nach N. Lenau

for: Symphonic orchestra

Double bass (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1680942

10.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Dmitri Shostakovich

Sinfonie Nr. 3 op. 20

Der 1. Mai

for: Choir, orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 1680952

40.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
New publication. Delivery end of January 2025
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Richard Strauss

Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156

Tondichtung für großes Orchester nach N. Lenau

for: Symphonic orchestra

Violin 2 (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1680939

10.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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R. Strauss: Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156, Sinfo (Part)
Richard Strauss

Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156

Tone Poem for Large Orchestra after N. Lenau

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1021506

98.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
R. Strauss: Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156, Sinfo (Vla)
Richard Strauss

Don Juan op. 20 TrV 156

Tondichtung für großes Orchester nach N. Lenau

for: Symphonic orchestra

Viola (orchestral part)

Item no.: 1680940

10.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
H. Villa-Lobos: Schottish-Chôro, Git
Heitor Villa-Lobos

Schottish-Chôro

N°2 de la "Suite populaire brésilienne"

for: Guitar

Music score

Item no.: 1678436

8.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
C. Bohm: Zwei Tänze im alten Stil, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Carl Bohm

Two Dances in the Old Style

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1678211

9.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, GesVlnHrnKlv (KlavpaSt)
Richard Strauss

Four Last Songs

Arranged by George Strivens

for: Voice (soprano), violin, horn (F) [cello], piano

Piano score, parts

Item no.: 1678225

48.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
New publication. Delivery time unknown.
P. Dukas: Fanfare - Prélude élégiaque, Org
Paul Dukas

Fanfare – Prélude élégiaque

édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 33

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1678180

9.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
C.-M. Widor: Drei Transkriptionen für Orgel, Org
Charles-Marie Widor

Drei Transkriptionen für Orgel

édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 97

for: Organ

Music score

Item no.: 1678165

12.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
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Zequinha de Abreu

Tico Tico

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

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1678148

18.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
D. Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 5 op. 47, Sinfo (Stp)
Dmitri Shostakovich

Sinfonie Nr. 5 op. 47

for: Symphonic orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 1677491

45.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
E. Bozza: Aria, KlarKlav (KlavpaSt)
Eugène Bozza

Aria

pour clarinette en si bémol et piano

for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1676927

13.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
DL: P. Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico from

Mascagni-Intermezzo-Piano

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Pietro Mascagni

Intermezzo Sinfonico from "Cavalleria Rusticana"

for Piano solo

for: Piano

Score

Item no.: 1677418

9.00  €incl. VAT
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A. Schönberg: Sämtliche Klavierwerke, Klav (Hard)
Arnold Schoenberg

Sämtliche Klavierwerke

for: Piano

Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1646587

67.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
DL: P. Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico from

Mascagni-Intermezzo-Ensemble

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Pietro Mascagni

Intermezzo Sinfonico from "Cavalleria Rusticana"

arranged for Cello Ensemble by Michele Galvagno

for: Cello ensemble (4 voices)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1677419

13.00  €incl. VAT
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DL: P. Mascagni: Intermezzo Sinfonico from
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Pietro Mascagni

Intermezzo Sinfonico from "Cavalleria Rusticana"

original orchestration

for: Orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1677420

35.00  €incl. VAT
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B. Martin_: Alexandre bis H 255, GesOrch (PaH)
Bohuslav Martinů

Alexandre bis H 255

The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition I/1/8

for: Solo voices, orchestra

Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1676699

335.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
S. Prokofjew: Visions fugitives op. 22, Klav
Sergei Prokofiev

Visions fugitives op. 22

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1646591

20.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
A. Schönberg: Sämtliche Klavierwerke, Klav
Arnold Schoenberg

Sämtliche Klavierwerke

for: Piano

Music score (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 1646588

45.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
C. Bohm: Zwei Polnische Tänze, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Carl Bohm

Two Polish Dances

I.-V./VI. Lage

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1673777

10.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
J. Sibelius: Sechs Lieder, Fch (Chpa)
Jean Sibelius

Six Part-Songs

(Staffelpreise möglich)

for: Women's choir a cappella

Choir score

Item no.: 1676677

8.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
C. Bohm: Zwei Spanische Tänze, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Carl Bohm, Tomislav Butorac

Two Spanish Dances

I.-IV./V. Lage

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1673778

10.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
H. Kratochwil: Klaviertrio Nr. 2 , Klav
Heinz Kratochwil

Klaviertrio Nr. 2

op. 146

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1673800

26.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
E. Bozza: Aria, FlKlav (KlavpaSt)
Eugène Bozza

Aria

Alphonse Leduc Collection Performing Editions

for: Flute, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1672898

13.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
B. Martin_: Méditation , VlOrch (KASt)
Bohuslav Martinů

Méditation

1. Fassung
H 276 I

for: Violin, orchestra

Piano reduction, solo part

Item no.: 1672940

12.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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