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: 3 saxophones (SABar)
Item no.: 303997
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 303304
Romantische Paraphrase über "Der Tod u. das Mädchen", für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 310431
für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310334
für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
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for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 181416
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Item no.: 294449
for: Cello
Item no.: 558810
Cello, Klavier, Syntheziser und Percussion
Partitur
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) EINE SINGSTIMME SINGSTIMME MIT KAMMERENSEMBLE (MEHRERE INSTR.)
Score
Item no.: 275970
for: Organ
Item no.: 275236
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273464
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273454
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273394
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273321
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 273115
(Dragomirna)
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Harp
Item no.: 558272
for: Klar u Baßklari. mit Glaskugeln, Blecheimern, Partitur
Buch
Item no.: 264902
2 Scores + 2CD
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 264868
Set mit 2 Spielpartituren
for: Mezzo Soprano and Baritone Voice and Percussion
Buch
Item no.: 264825
Klassik
for: Organ and Orchestra [Score Used Organ Part]
Score
Item no.: 239909
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 239643
for: Male choir (TBarB) a cappella
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for: für Mezzosopran und kleines Ensemble
Score
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for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 276839
solistische Fassung
for: 2 VL VA VC KB HA
Set of parts
Item no.: 268796
Violin solo
for: Violin
Item no.: 268751
for: Accordion
Item no.: 269178
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: Piano
Music score
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Gegenwartsmusik
for: 6 Voices and Ensemble
Buch
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Klassik
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
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Per Voce E Pianoforte
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Per Clavicembalo E Altre Tastiere
for: Harpsichord or 2 Harpsichords
Score
Item no.: 259844
Per Voce Femminile E 5 Strumenti (1980)
Score
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In 4 Balletti E 3 Intermezzi
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259744
Per Orchestra Da Camera - Partitura
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259373
Cantata Per Baritono, Pianoforte, Contrabbasso E Percussioni (1968)
for: Vocal and Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 259147
D'Orchestra - Partitura
Score
Item no.: 259144
Unisonochor, gem Chor u Orgel
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
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für verschiedene Besetzungen
for: Wind ensemble
Item no.: 307684
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score
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Spielmusik I. , Variationen, für 4 Streicher
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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für 2 Orchester, 3 Posaunen u. Celesta
for: 2 ORCH 3 POS CEL
Study score
Item no.: 310237
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