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.
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Altstimme und 5 Instrumentalisten (Blockflöte, Trompete, Klarinette, Viola, Kontrabass)
Spielpartitur zur Aufführung werden 6 Exemplare benötigt
Item no.: 731520
for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello and Piano. Transcription
for: 2 pianos
Einzelstimme Klavier I
Item no.: 728928
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 760733
Musical fairytale
Study score
Item no.: 782063
Oper in 4 Akten nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
for: Soli, Sprecher und Orchester
Lyric book
Item no.: 1341098
Cantata
for: Sopran, gemischter Chor (SATB), Blockflöten, Blechbläser, Pauken und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 741212
Edition Schott
for: 2 pianos
Noten 2 Exemplare zur Aufführung nötig
Item no.: 735866
Nach dem "Agnus Dei" der gregorianischen Missa "In Dominicus Adventus et Quadragesimae"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734300
for soprano, viola and piano
for: Sopran, Viola und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 784143
für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in A und Fagott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684688
Paráfrasis de "An die Musik" de Franz Schubert, op. 88 nº 4
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 771824
für 6 Pianisten, Flöte/Piccoloflöte, Klarinette in B/Bassklarinette in B und Violoncello
for: Piano and Chamber Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1541802
Words from: Song of Solomon 8:6
for: Sopran und Orgel (Klavier)
Music score
Item no.: 736408
Pour Cinq Voix Mixtes A Cappella
for: Voice a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 886412
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389782
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1022634
Klassik
for: Flute or Violin
Book
Item no.: 1194957
Klassik
for: Soprano, Baritone Voice and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 862049
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 833823
für Mezzosopran, Oboe, Vibraphon und Violoncello
Kleine Stücke für Orchester mit und ohne Gesang Band 4 zu einem Experiment für Flanerie von Sophia Pompéry und Tobias Roth
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 664461
per baritono, clarinetto, viola e chitarra (1962)
for: Baritone, Clarinet, Viola, Guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1547703
Variations for Piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 684780
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Harpsichord, Cymbals and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1194201
for: 3 Trompeten in C und Streichorchester
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 749935
Second Floor Music Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1167995
for: Clarinet, viola, piano
Score
Item no.: 776538
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 859761
Klassik
for: Soprano and Cello
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1104000
Hymnen und Choräle
for: SATB, Piano Four-Hands
Choir score
Item no.: 1040359
II. Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 671068
Per Oboe D'Amore e Chitarra Ad Libitum
for: Oboe, guitar
Score
Item no.: 390320
pour récitant, flûte (en sol et en ut), violon, alto et violoncelle
partition et parties
for: Narrator, flute, violin, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818307
per basso-baritono e otto strumenti (1994)
for: Chamber ensemble
Music score
Item no.: 1022627
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soprano, Choir and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 921762
for: Unison Voices and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040179
Marsch
Study score
Item no.: 1542399
for: Flute and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 921325
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 3 Alto Voices
Score, Parts
Item no.: 921511
für Orgel
Ludi organi - Musikalisches Reisetagebuch Band 1
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 681612
Brass Quartet Full Score
for: 2-part Treble Voice, Piano [or Brass Quartet or string quartet]
Score
Item no.: 1039828
für sechs singstimmen
for: 6 Voices and Chamber Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1541763
for: SATB soli, SATB, Lonely Pianist
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039453
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 853207
for: 2 Tenor soli, Oboe, Percussion and Cello
Buch
Item no.: 1039806
pour voix, violoncelle et quatuor de violoncelles sur un texte de la liturgie juive
(original pour voix, violoncelle et piano)
for: Voice, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684209
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 688141
for: Marimba
Item no.: 1664236
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