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.
for: 3 Violinen (solistisch und chorisch)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784626
Volkslieder-Zyklus vom Mittelmeer, aus "Lied der Völker"
for: gemischter Chor a cappella (SATB) oder mit Instrumental-Ensemble (Flöte, Klarinette in B, Violine, Kontrabass, Gitarre, Schlagzeug)
Choir score
Item no.: 742586
aus dem Orff-Schulwerk
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746991
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 783712
3. Ein Klagegesang "Rauher Wind"
for: Männerchor (TTBBBB) und Soli (TB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1642016
"Und als ich in das Baurhaus kam"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Instrumente (ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 740082
3. Wolkenloser Tag "Wie es war, so ist es"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746940
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784685
(aus dem Orff-Schulwerk: Musik für Kinder Band V)
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751637
7. An ihren Genius "Send ihr Blumen und Frücht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751801
Nr. 2 Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742703
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751560
(Das rheinische Tantum Ergo)
for: gemischter Chor unisono und Orgel / Blasorchester
Choir score
Item no.: 740087
(Volkslied, 15. Jahrhundert)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751805
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Bassblockflöte
Item no.: 783718
Nr. 1 aus: Idegen földön
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731009
3. Stadturlaub "Ich hab mein Käppi in den Spind getan"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747031
1. Haus-Segen "Nun ist das Haus neu aufgerichtet"
for: Männerchor (6-stimmig)
Choir score
Item no.: 737581
1. Geistliches Lied "Der Mensch lebt und bestehet"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751838
5. Zu Bethlehem geboren
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und Kinderchor (SMez) oder Frauenchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751968
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742684
"Nun steht Onkel Sam noch an der Spitze der Welt"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751788
2. Es taget vor dem Walde (15 Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733374
3. Morgen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742692
5. Swel man ein guot Wip hat
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751790
from "Catulli Carmina"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746824
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792051
Es steht ein Lind in jenem Tal / Ich fahr dahin
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733299
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Posaune
Item no.: 784896
1. Der römische Brunnen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 738915
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Klavier
Item no.: 783707
Pollicino Spielmusiken
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Baßkrummhorn
Item no.: 783709
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792054
5. Dans la maison de doleur
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751719
Spielmusik für 3 Violinen zur solistischen oder chorischen Verwendung im Unterricht unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Lehrmethoden.
for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 754070
aus dem "Gloria" für gemischten Chor, Sopran-Solo und Orchester
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740388
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Soli, Sprecher und Instrumenten
Choir score
Item no.: 729183
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 740874
3. Art lässt nicht von Art "Ein Wolf, den Südenangst bewog"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751779
Northumbrian Folksong
for: Kinderchor (Mez) und 3 Blockflöten (SSA)
Single part descant recorder 2
Item no.: 748839
for: String orchestra, percussion
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783939
nach rumänischen Volksliedern
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 783757
3. Kinderpredigt "Ein Huhn und ein Hahn" / 4. Urlicht "O Röslein rot"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751655
from the musical fairytale "Pollicino"
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme Harmonium / E-Orgel
Item no.: 783706
1. Oft in der stillen Nacht
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746988
1. Spruch "Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein" / 2. Inserat "Die verehrlichen Jungen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746987
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784683
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783628
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