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.
op. 72
for: Piano
Music score
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pour basson et quintette ou orchestre à cordes
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 1
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op. 74
for: Cello, piano
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Lehrhilfsmittel
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Piano score, solo part
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Music score
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G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
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Score
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Selected Organ Pieces without opus number
for: Organ
Music score
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Sudien und Übungen
for: Solfege
Book
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Vocal Solo
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Music score
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Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
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No. 3 Ivy (C major)
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Music score
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for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
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Introduction & aria
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Transcrites pour grand-orgue
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Music score
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über das Thema 'Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen' von Johannes Crüger
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Music score
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for: Tenor Voice and String Ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Baritone Voice, Choir and Organ
Piano reduction
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Card Size
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Thema des zweiten Satzes
for: Flute, piano
Music score
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Marsch op. 74
kleine Blasmusik–Ausgabe
for: Concert band
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Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
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Set of parts
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Music score
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Einzelstimme
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for piano
for: Piano
Single edition
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Score, Parts
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for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
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A Symphonic Portrait In Oil
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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from: Carmina Burana
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
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for: Kornett in B und Klavier
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Score
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for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
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Set of parts
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Geistliche Musik
Score
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Hymn to Hebrew prayers from the Haggadah
for: Sopran-Solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester
Piano reduction
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for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
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Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band
for: Concert band
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aus Billy the Kid
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Score
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Hawkes Pocket Scores
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for: Piano
Music score
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Einzelstimme
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Music score
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