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 voice and piano
for: Stimme und Klavier
Single edition
Item no.: 1638919
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638704
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1634138
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1635330
for: String Quartet
Full Score
Item no.: 1638500
for: Oboe, Percussion
Instrumental Ensemble
Item no.: 1638835
für Saxophon und Ensemble
for: Saxophone and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1637393
for: Electric Guitar
Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638628
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1633087
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1633048
Two Lieder based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
for: Sopran, Viola und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1633093
for: Klarinette, Fagott, Horn, Streichquartett und Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1633092
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632995
Version for viola solo
An autumn leaf for Hanna Gaifman
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 1632633
19 Children's Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1632385
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1632145
für 2 Violen
2 Spielpartituren
for: 2 violas
Performance scores
Item no.: 1637360
für Flöte und Streichorchester
Studienpartitur
for: Flöte, Streichorchester
Study score
Item no.: 1637357
für Streichorchester
Partitur (Spiralbindung DIN A 3)
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1637356
für Flöte und Streichorchester
Flöte solo
Single part (Flute solo)
Item no.: 1637358
für Streichquartett
Partitur
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1637361
für Streichorchester
Studienpartitur
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1637355
für Flöte und Streichorchester
Partitur (Spiralbindung DIN A 3)
for: Flöte, Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 1637359
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1629797
für 2-4 Blockflöten nebst Beab. für Mezz-S und 4 Bfl
for: 2–4 recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1629142
Version for viola solo
for: Viola
Single edition
Item no.: 1629025
op. 99
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1629030
Opera buffa in 1 atto (3 scene) da una commedia di Massimo Bontempelli, su libretto di G. Zucconi
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1615847
for: Violin, chamber orchestra
Single edition
Item no.: 1544284
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1615934
Four Preludes and Fugues for piano
op. 159/2020-21
for: Piano
Item no.: 1613221
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Duet
Item no.: 1613129
for: Bass Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612308
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612473
for: Saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Piano, Double Bass
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612112
für 8-stimmigen gemischten Chor SSAATTBB
for: Chor (SSAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1613165
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612766
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612468
for SATB choir
for: SATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1613159
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612474
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612470
C
for: Trombone
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612256
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612764
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