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.
Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui
for: für Sopran und Orchester
Score
Item no.: 176549
Oper in 4 Akten
nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
Lyric book
Item no.: 199339
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 185755
Reime und Spiellieder
aus Band I: Im Fünftonraum
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Voice, recorder, percussion
Vocal score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 288537
for: Trumpet [oboe/flute], organ
Score
Item no.: 281557
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103083
from The Yellow Cake Revue
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 291905
For Flute and Orchestra, Op. 39op. 39
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 297370
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170190
exempla nova 052
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486058
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano [harp]
Score
Item no.: 1053297
Recorder, Two or More Recorders, Recorder and piano
for: 2 recorders, piano
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 850467
for string orchestra and 2 percussion
for: Orchestra and Percussion
Score
Item no.: 1541854
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 980904
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 980724
The Japanese Version - An Hommage à Boris Karloff
for: 6 Instruments
Score
Item no.: 1547523
for Soprano and Trumpet in C
for: Soprano Voice, Trumpet
Buch
Item no.: 1541786
für Sprecherin, sechsstimmigen Frauenchor und zwölf gestimmte Glasflaschen
for: Female narrator, women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 674981
(Orchestra Version) 2018-2019
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541794
from the Gadfly
for: Alto Saxophone and Concert Band/Harmonie
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971660
for: Narrator, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1024970
for Flute, Piano, and Chamber Strings
for: Flute, Piano and String Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1582888
Text by Robert Herrick
for: Voice (counter tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 694072
Tayil férfihangra (narrátorra) és nyolc hangszerre
EMB Contemporary Music
for: Narrator, chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431602
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1162459
Contemporary Studies for Saxophone
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 1032098
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643126
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 838077
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Musical
Buch
Item no.: 181154
A microcosmic collection of new and extraordinary
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 266333
Lyric book
Item no.: 259708
Klassik
for: Flute Duo
Book
Item no.: 101241
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 886084
Writings and Interviews, 1952-2013
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 880164
from 4 to 11 players
for: Flexible ensemble (4–11 parts)
Score
Item no.: 822491
Coro
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1017431
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1178027
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1087495
Klassik
for: Trombone, Keyboard, Electronics
Score, Parts
Item no.: 980980
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 838949
Klassik
for: Viola, Harpsichord and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 325606
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1104036
Klassik
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100981
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 100790
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1026732
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1109724
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185160
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 835676
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