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: Accordion
Item no.: 265861
Klassik
for: Piano and Percussion
Buch
Item no.: 269968
for: Flexible ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 268218
for: Cello, strings
Score
Item no.: 312878
für Flöte u. Streichorchester, Solostimme
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 300271
for: Piano
Item no.: 299093
for: Viola solo, Flöten (2), Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott, Hörner (2), Trompete, Posaune, Tuba, Pauke, Schlagzeuge (2), Harfe, Streicher
Piano reduction
Item no.: 298780
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309150
Meditation der Kreuzaufrichtung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308936
Es hat der Schuster Franz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308839
Kantate nach Psalmtexten, für Soli, Chor, Org. u. Schlz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308132
(englisch), für gem. Chor u. Orgel
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308078
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 579345
Klassik
for: Suspended Cymbals
Score
Item no.: 313815
für 4-8 stg. Chor, 12 Bläser oder Orgel
for: 12 BL (ORG)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 307659
für Bläser
for: HRN FAG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 306365
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 306297
(Monologue XV)
for: Harp
Item no.: 306233
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 306190
for: Treble recorder [flute], piano
Item no.: 306070
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 305861
für Streichsextett
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 310386
für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310332
für Violine und Orchester
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310242
für Posaune u. Schlz. (2 Spieler)
for: POS 2 SCHLAGZ
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 306687
für Blockflöte, Gambe, Gitarre und Schlz.
for: ABFL VDG GIT SCHLAGZ
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 306678
for: Clarinet, viola, piano
Item no.: 306644
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 306589
für 6 Instrumente
for: FL FAG SCHLAGZ VL VA VC
Set of parts
Item no.: 306588
in gemischter Manier
for: FL KLAR FAG VL VA VC KB
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 306577
for: Flute, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 306549
für Bläserquintett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 306449
for: FL OB HRN BASS-KLAR
Study score
Item no.: 310034
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 305807
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 305803
für Violine u. Kammerorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 305802
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 305797
Variazioni chorale
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305587
for: Harpsichord
Item no.: 305564
for: Piano
Item no.: 305517
Klavierissimo, Heft 6, (f. den gereiften Pianisten)
for: Piano
Item no.: 305477
Klavierissimo, Heft 5 (f. erwachsene Kinder)
for: Piano
Item no.: 305474
nach Gedichten von Nelly Sachs
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307003
Ach mein Herz ist leidenschwer
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309289
Tanzlied
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309288
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309266
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309264
Kantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Orchester
Score
Item no.: 351937
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
