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.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1666899
für Violine und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C), organ
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 1666647
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666483
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666350
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666386
F
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666318
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666273
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665626
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666400
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666030
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665761
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666299
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1665540
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666456
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666415
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665990
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666416
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665974
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar) [5 saxophones (SATTBar/AATTBar)]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665197
für (Tenor-)Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 1664988
für (Tenor)-Solo und Chor
Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1664990
für (Tenor)-Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit einer Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 1664989
aus: Zwölf deutsche geistliche Gesänge
op. WoO VI/13, 4, 1899
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664467
БОГОРОДИЦЕ ДЕВО | boɡoˈrodʲitsɛ ˈdʲɛvo
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1664425
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1663046
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1660332
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660304
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1660335
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1660334
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660333
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat)
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1658675
for: Classical guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1657608
edition pro salon
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657030
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1661708
Psalm 23 (22).4
aus: 3 geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655470
Psalm 23
for: Voice (baritone), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1120956
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1655128
Alphonse Leduc Collection Performing Editions
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1655093
I.-III. Lage
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1654994
I.-III. Lage
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1654999
I.-III. Lage
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1654998
I.-III. Lage
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1654985
Flex-Band Grade 3
for: Flexible wind band
Score
Item no.: 1654719
"Cessato il suon dell'armi"
SC 3
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1654454
"Cessato il suon dell'armi"
SC 3
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1654453
Theory and practice
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1654600
for clarinet, cello and piano
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654614
original for violin and piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1653667
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