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.
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581501
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
The Masterworks Library
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205614
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 172416
Solo-Konzert
for: 2 pianos
Book
Item no.: 462004
pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665443
Edition Schott
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 288600
for violin, violoncello and piano
score and parts
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Klavierauszug mit Solostimmen
Item no.: 180125
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 177687
Transkription der Symphonie Nr. 2
(für Aufführungen werden zwei Exemplare benötigt)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641980
3 Stücke op. 8 Band 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284593
Corrected Edition 2002
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 723
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Study score
Item no.: 208220
V/Vc/Klav
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 121376
Concerto after old folksongs
Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 288094
Romance for violin and orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769520
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierpunkt!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 557772
Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635028
Klassik
for: Trumpet In C and Piano
Score
Item no.: 240476
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659693
for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 108786
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769233
Für eine Singstimme und Klavier
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 227646
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 212229
for: 4 voices, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313921
for: Voice, strings
Score
Item no.: 665865
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 635981
Die Lieder für hohe Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 328827
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 325813
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 818500
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 136440
Klassik
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266853
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
Woodwind Solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 395364
Violin-Etüden transponiert für Viola
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 473428
Piano Part for rehearsal purposes only
Durand French Choral Masters
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 765992
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1104032
The Original Edition
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 776868
Pour Violon, Violoncelle & Piano
for: Piano Trio [Violin, Cello and Piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 411967
From The West Side Story
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531112
from "Karol Szymanowski - Works" ed. by T. Chylińska, GA/CE B7
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 767250
Blasorchester
Direktion
for: Concert band
Direktion
Item no.: 922587
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201427
Quatuor De Flutes [Utx2, Alto et Basse], Quatuor a Cordes et Piano
for: Mixed ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073182
Music Minus One
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541577
Suite from Radúz a Mahulena op. 13
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1015753
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202443
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