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.
aus: Zwölf deutsche geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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aus: Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339282
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337691
aus: Neun ausgewählte Volkslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339212
aus: 24 Préludes, op. 11, Nr. 17
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4260
Choralvorspiel, op. 16, Nr. 35
for: Organ
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Item no.: 4464
aus dem Zyklus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 2080
aus "30 kleine Choralvorspiele", op. 135a
for: Organ
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Item no.: 4161
from "36 Favorite Home Duets"
for: Trumpet (B-flat), trombone
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4091
op. 10 Nr. 10
for: Piano
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Item no.: 2308
aus: Zehn Orgelstücke, op. 25
Leipzig, 1888
for: Organ
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Item no.: 6318
aus: 12 Duette für Violine und Viola, op. 60 (Nr. 5)
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3699
aus: 15 Etüden, op. 116
for: Viola
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Item no.: 4970
op. 39, Nr. 2
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4397
aus: 22 Etüden für die Clarinette
for: Clarinet
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Item no.: 4838
aus: 26 kleine Capricen für die Flöte, op. 37
for: Flute
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Item no.: 3569
for: Voice, piano
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Item no.: 4037
aus: 12 Duette für Violine und Viola, op. 60 (Nr. 7)
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4010
aus: Zehn Orgelstücke, op. 25
Leipzig, 1888
for: Organ
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Item no.: 5631
aus op. 17 "Aus der Jugendzeit"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 3552
for: Guitar
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Item no.: 3191
aus "Lautenlieder" (1920)
for: Voice, guitar
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Item no.: 1675
from "36 Favorite Home Duets"
for: Trumpet (B-flat), trombone
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4538
pour réveiller le bon gros Roi des Singes (lequel ne dort toujours que d'un œil)
for: 2 trumpets
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Item no.: 4989
for: Piano
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Item no.: 2153
for: Guitar
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Item no.: 3182
aus "Die ersten Studien für Viola in der ersten Lage", op. 86
for: Viola
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Item no.: 4607
aus: Jugend-Album, op. 47
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4457
aus "Zwölf Trios für Orgel mit Rücksichtnahme auf leichten Pedalsatz", op. 39
for: Organ
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Item no.: 4581
aus "36 Choralvorspiele für Orgel", op. 16
for: Organ
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Item no.: 4910
aus "Humoreske Bagateller", op. 11 (Nr. 5)
for: Piano
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Item no.: 3639
„Es schaukeln die Winde“
Leipzig, 1901
for: Voice (low), piano
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Item no.: 5668
aus "20 Duette für zwei Violinen", op. 55 (Nr. 1)
for: 2 violins
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Item no.: 3472
aus: "Die allerersten Vortragsstückchen des jungen Cellisten" op. 19 (Nr. 3)
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 4807
aus "20 Duette für zwei Violinen", op. 55 (Nr. 16)
eingerichtet für zwei Klarinetten
for: 2 clarinets
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Item no.: 3215
op. 2, Nr. 2
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4521
aus: 24 Préludes, op. 11, Nr. 10
for: Piano
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Item no.: 2949
Choralvorspiel, op. 67, Nr. 23
for: Organ
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Item no.: 2783
from "36 Favorite Home Duets"
(Herbei o ihr Gläubigen)
for: Trumpet (B-flat), trombone
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Item no.: 4809
for: Guitar
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Item no.: 2892
aus: "Die allerersten Vortragsstückchen des jungen Cellisten" op. 19 (Nr. 16)
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4715
aus: "6 leichte melodische Tonstücke für Klavier" op. 166 (Nr. 1)
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4684
aus "6 leichte melodische Tonstücke für Klavier" op. 166 (Nr. 3)
for: Piano
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Item no.: 4808
aus: "26 kleine Capricen für die Flöte" op. 37
for: Flute
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Item no.: 4690
aus "Zwölf Tonstücke verschiedenen Charakters" op. 19 (Nr. 1)
for: Organ
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Item no.: 4718
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