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.
of Themes by C.M. von Weber
for: Orchestra
Klavierauszug 4-händig
Item no.: 748152
Sonata for piano
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 736465
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 740000
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 741002
for viola (cello/clarinet) and orchestra
for: Viola (Violoncello, Klarinette) und Orchester
Klavierauszug mit Solostimmen je 1 Stimme für Viola (Violoncello) und Klarinette in A enthalten
Item no.: 748562
for: Electronics, Tuba
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053106
Piano Exercises for Contemporary Music
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758396
Edition Schott
for: Oboe und kleines Orchester
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 734586
for flute solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 750460
Pantomimischer Tanz nach einem Gedicht von Manuel Machado
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 747245
for cello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 754623
Edition Schott
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749930
from: Li-Na im Garten
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 731759
Edition Schott
for: Violin, organ
Music score
Item no.: 729303
Gegenwind - Tegenwind
for: Alt-Blockflöte solo, Ventilator ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 755901
for double bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1341185
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209048
Acht Lieder und ein Fragment von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748612
Little Suite for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726020
for: Treble recorder, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 725317
(Für Atiye)
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 4231
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra [organ]
Streicherstimmensatz 5 Violine I, 5 Violine II, 4 Viola, 3 Violoncello, 2 Kontrabass
Item no.: 741714
"The Cemetery"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 733180
for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 757072
based on texts by Franz Schubert
for: Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 732667
for string orchestra or 12 solo strings
for: Streichorchester oder 12 Solo-Streicher
Study score
Item no.: 748461
al Vespro di Monteverdi
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748756
en forme de Messe basse
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1209377
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 756757
Edition Schott
for: Flöte(n) oder Blockflöte(n) und Begleitung ad libitum (Streichinstrument oder Keyboard/Orgel/Akkordeon)
Spielpartitur ausgearbeitete Version 1988
Item no.: 748577
in one movement for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733701
Five Songs on Poems by János Arany
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 734621
for violoncello solo
for: Cello
Single edition
Item no.: 1209470
for piano and orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 729710
for mixed choir (SATB) and organ
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Ensemble score
Item no.: 759358
Edition Schott
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727121
Edition Schott
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 749585
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724584
Edition Schott
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 760495
From "G. 1888"
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 4334
for: Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270856
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 721348
Tchaikovsky Etude
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 752803
for violin solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 794310
Edition Schott
for: Violoncello und Klarinette
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748601
Concertos for Flute and Orchestra G major KV 313 and D-major KV 314 by W. A. Mozart
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 743363
Zum 65. Geburtstag von Karl Kardinal Lehmann, Bischof von Mainz
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 754049
Suite-Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky's Suite
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 744389
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