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.
Joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1558560
for: Flute, piano
Music score
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Pieces 33-59
First edition: Chester, London/Genève, 1921
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
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for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1552720
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music score
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nach dem Text der kritischen Ausgabe
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Score, Parts
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Songs III (1901 - 1903)
for: Voice, piano
Score
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Choral works with piano accompaniment
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score (Hardcover)
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Henle Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for violoncello and orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Musique Française
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Ausgabe für mittlere Stimme
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Weltlich
for: High Voice and SATB a Cappella
Choir score
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édition de Frédéric Zigante
for: Guitar
Music score
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Konzertfassung für zwei Klaviere von Ingolf Dahl
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
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nach dem Requiem für Chor STB, Viola und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SAM), violin [viola], organ [harmonium]
Score, solo part
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BB 111a
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Harp
Music score
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pour le médium de la voix
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Urtext based on the Complete Edition “Jean Sibelius Works” (JSW)
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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with Soprano part
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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Ausgabe für mittlere Stimme
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317353
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Oper in drei Bildern
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
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from "Suite for Variety Orchestra"
for 2 violas or viola and violoncello
for: viola, cello [viola]
2 Performance scores
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Urtext based on the Complete Edition “Jean Sibelius Works” (JSW)
for: Piano
Music score
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Nach dem Text der Richard Strauss Werke – Kritische Ausgabe (RSW)
for: Voice (high), piano
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for: Voice (medium), piano
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Ukulele
Music score (with TABs)
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A God Disguised / Der Gott in Verkleidung
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for three violins
for: 3 violins
Score, Parts
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Allowed reprint
for: Organ
Music score
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for: String orchestra
Study score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Organ
Score
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Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
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Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Horn, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
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