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.
"Kind, wo bist du hin gewesen?"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202892
6. Sonett "So lieblich küsst die Sonne nicht"GeWV 57
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204257
2. Die Weihe der Nacht "Nächtliche Stille"GeWV 55
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204046
2. Der Weinschwelg "Nun ohne Lügen" (13. Jh.)GeWV 53
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203645
1. Die Gewissheit "Ob ich morgen leben werde"GeWV 53
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203643
Eine kleine Instrumentenschau
for: Orchester; Kinderchor (2 gleiche Stimmen) und Sprecher ad libitum
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 170657
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169771
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
Book
Item no.: 133325
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 879060
Kantate
for: Handtrommel
Stimme
Item no.: 879025
2 Spruchmotetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878432
for: Descant recorder
Stimme
Item no.: 878058
Psalmkomposition
aus "Das Psalmbuch" (1948)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877630
19 alte und neue Lieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 877473
(Friedrich von Schiller)
for: Choir
Choir parts (Soprano, Alto)
Item no.: 1043718
Frederick Delius. Complete Works
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031905
for: Mezzosopran solo, Bariton solo, Klavier, Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 883426
Blasorchester
Einzelstimme
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 885654
for: Voice (medium)
Book
Item no.: 889465
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888408
Blasorchester
Partitur
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 888366
for: Choir Unison and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 890480
for: Organ, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893503
for: Wind Band
Score
Item no.: 894363
from the Symphonic Suite Lieutenant Kijé
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 893848
"Was Amsel, Esel, Grille singt"
for: Frauenchor (SSA) mit Klavier oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 375987
Ein Oratorium nach Worten des Angelus Silesiusop. 87
Lyric book
Item no.: 372796
Heft 8: Kleine Sinfonie, op. 87
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371526
Marsch für Harmonie-Musik-Besetzung mit Saxophon-Ergänzungsstimmen und Schweizer Stimmen
for: Small wind band
Set of parts, extra part
Item no.: 106028
Kleine Kantate
for: Kinderchor (SMez) mit Instrumenten
Choir score
Item no.: 103253
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 117427
5 Sätze für Chor (4- bis 6stimmig)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117078
Trauermusik
Ich bin nicht tot, ich bin nur wieder ausgesät von Gott
for: Alt solo, Violine solo, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115223
Madrigal auf einen Text von Max Dauthenday
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115139
2 Sätze aus "Liturgische Sätze über altevangelische Kyrie- und Gloriaweisen" op. 13 (1933/35)
for: Frauenchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 114876
Chorlied auf ein Gedicht von Matthias Claudius
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 114779
Motetto
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114778
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 101698
Heft 1
Heft 1
for: Voice (high), piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100689
Elektra
Band 3
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 100588
"Hab mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben"
for: GES-H (S) GES-M KLAV DT ENGL
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100570
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 100448
"Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" - Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 111441
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411334
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 263869
Domesticum
for: Salon orchestra
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 258752
Rock Marsch / Schunkelwalzer
for: Combo
Set of parts
Item no.: 279450
(Sinfonietta Nr. 4)op. 122
for: 9 Blechblasinstrumente
Set of parts
Item no.: 278184
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