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.
Sechs demotische Lieder
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Item no.: 217157
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 225234
Spielmusik, für Blockflöten, Streicher und Gesang ad lib.
for: 3 BFL / 2 VL VA
Item no.: 224477
für Akkordeonquintett (1972)
for: 5 accordions (quintet)
Score
Item no.: 223642
Eine kleine Kantateop. 9
for: für Sopran, Mezzosopran, Alt, Tenor, Violine und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 223524
Cantionae profanae
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Blasorchester
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, concert band
Study score
Item no.: 213526
My Beloved is Mine
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 212801
Suite
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197473
8 Liederop. 6
for: für Gesang und Klavier
Item no.: 197216
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 197212
6 Liederop. 3
for: für Gesang und Klavier
Item no.: 197208
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196459
5 Lieder für Sopran und Streichtrio nach Gedichten von FranciscoTanzer
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Singstimme (S), Violine, Viola, Violoncello
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 205123
Nr. 4 aus: Sieben Hölderlin-Chöre GeWV 40
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204919
Jazzy Series
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 204743
for: 2 alto saxophones (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187970
4. Ungeheuer und rot erscheint die Wintersonne
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204065
3. Stille Quellen "Flieht auch der Jugend Glanz"GeWV 55
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204048
5. Gram zernagt mein Herzchen · Hlavenka me bolí
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204022
1. Ei, steig auf · Aj, stupaj
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204014
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197920
(Das rheinische Tantum Ergo)op. 14
for: gemischter Chor unisono und Orgel / Blasorchester
Single part Organ
Item no.: 202514
1. Wie man einen Vogel malt "Male zuerst einen Käfig"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203535
Werke für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 337420
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 353604
Untersuchungen zum Werk Bernd Alois Zimmermanns
Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Würzburg 2
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 353558
Ein Landsknecht sah ein Mägdlein stehn
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309265
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309148
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309146
Haslingers Blockfloettenreihe
for: Treble recorder, guitar
Item no.: 309083
Kantate nach Psalmtexten, für Soli, Chor, Org. u. Schlz
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308133
für 4-8 stg. gem Chor u. Orgel (VIII. tonus)
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308100
für 4-8 stg. gem Chor u. Orgel (VIII. tonus)
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308099
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308071
für Chor, 6 Bläser oder Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308070
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 308065
Poesie für Bariton und Orchester
for: Voice (baritone), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310411
für Viola und Orchester
for: Viola, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310396
für Bläserquintett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 310366
für Kammerchor und Streichquintett
for: GCH 2 VL VA VC KB
Single part(n)
Item no.: 307777
für gem Chor u. Orgel
for: Several instruments
Item no.: 307649
Liederzyklus, für Mezzo, Sprecher, Bassklar. , Vc. , Celesta u. Vibraphon
for: GES-M (MEZZ) BASS-KLAR VC CEL VIB
Set of parts
Item no.: 307622
for: Violin ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 307611
for: Viola, cello
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 305858
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 305817
Singt ein Liedchen, stimmet ein
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309365
Hier sind wir arme Narren
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309293
aus Goethes "West-östlicher Divan"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307042
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