After the Second World War, there emerged a new generation of composers, who sought to stretch the boundaries of music history, and find new and exciting styles and forms. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Modern Classical Music, and explore the wide world of contemporary music with Stretta Music today!
Dodecaphony or Serialism is the use of the twelve semi-tones as the harmonic and structural basis, rather than the traditional harmonic key structure which governed classical music until the turn of the twentieth century. Arnold Schoenberg was the father of twelve-tone composition in the 1930s. Moving into the post-war era, all dodecaphonic or serial musical parameters, including note lengths, dynamics and even timbres were set in rows. After 1948, the Darmstadt “holiday courses” became the centre of Dodecaphony or Serialism for almost a decade. Despite the mathematical and logical basis, twelve-tone composition still produced many highly emotional works such as Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso.
As the technical and electronic possibilities continued to grow and thrive after the war, the first studio solely dedicated to electronic music was founded in Cologne in 1951 by Herbert Eimert. Important electronic music composers were Edgar Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ernst Krenek, Maurice Kagel, Luciano Berio and Iannis Xenakis, who was also an assistant to the architect Le Corbusier.
Aleatoric comes from the Latin “alea”, meaning dice. Aleatoric composition leaves elements of the music to chance. The American composer John Cage was the first to experiment with aleatoric music, and many others followed, in particular K. Stockhausen, P. Boulez, W. Lutosławski.
Soundscape composition plays with sense and emotion, it uses long drawn musical landscapes to give the listener time to recognise and experience the music in a whole new way. The most important compositions include Atmosphères and Lontano by György Ligeti. Other works of this type were created by Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Iannis Xenakis.
Minimalism also came to Europe from the USA. Minimalism uses repetitive, wide blocks of sound, without strong contrasts or dramatic changes. It is in the repetition, with gradual, small changes, that the minimalist effect is achieved. The pioneers of minimalism in the 1960s were American composers Philip Glass, John Adams, Le Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. They were followed in Europe by Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt.
Suite for orchestra (1919) arranged for 2 pianos by Achilleas Wastor (2015)
for: 2 pianos
Noten 2 Exemplare zur Aufführung nötig
Item no.: 760180
Klātbūtne (Presence)
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 724876
for violin and double bass
for: Violin, double bass
Score, part
Item no.: 752788
for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 756169
Edition Schott
for: Violine, Horn (F/B) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736360
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella: string orchestra ad lib.
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella; Streichorchester ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 742440
in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
for: Violine und Viola (Violoncello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752765
on themes from the opera by Georges Bizet
for: Klarinette in B (Violine, Sopran-Saxophon in B) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750800
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046044
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737215
for piano to 4 hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 732602
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749611
for piano, violin and cello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 741593
per violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 726162
Cantata for Mezzosoprano and Piano
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 750764
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
für Klavier zu vier Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
for mixed choir and piano
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 725835
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur with piano line for rehearsal only
Item no.: 727183
from the Tempest Suite
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 782309
for voice and piano or harpsichord
for: mittlere Stimme und Klavier oder Cembalo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 721378
6 Stücke nach Texten von William Brighty Rands und Lewis Carroll sowie einer englischen Struwwelpeter-Übersetzung (Heinrich Hoffmann)
for: 6 Männerstimmen (AATBarBarB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 756774
for chamber choir
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), minimum 12 Singstimmen
Choir score
Item no.: 724818
for 13 Instrumentalists
for: 13 Instrumentalisten
Study score
Item no.: 754622
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746541
Sing- und Spielmusik für Liebhaber und Musikfreunde
for: mittlere Singstimme (od. 1stg. Chor) und 3 Instrumentalisten (Streicher od. Bläser)
Score
Item no.: 746654
after Poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750027
(With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles / Mit Pfeifen, Trommeln, Schilfgeigen)
for: Mezzo-Sopran und 4 Schlagzeuger
Study score
Item no.: 750083
Three Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760479
for three violoncellos
for: 3 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 724815
from "Polish Requiem"
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 740017
for viola solo
for: Viola
Single edition
Item no.: 781276
for organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 756031
III. movement from the sextet for woodwind instruments and piano
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760650
Distinguished Choral Music
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 759329
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724583
Toccata Fugue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1209506
Métamorphoses nocturnes
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748481
for clarinet, horn, string trio and piano
for: Klarinette, Horn, Streichtrio und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748643
nach Worten von Franz Kafka
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727017
from "Carmina Burana"
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 736042
for Voice and Piano (or Orchestra)
for: Stimme und Klavier (oder Orchester)
Music score
Item no.: 736095
Transcription for guitar
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 761075
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722516
Invention for violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 738475
Edition Schott
for: Sopran-Instrument (Blockflöte, Piccolo, Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Violine oder Trompete) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 749705
Music Of Our Time
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 760379
for solo clarinet in Bb
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 736195