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.
Cantata in 3 parts
3. Canticle to Hope
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351387
Ballett-Pantomime nach dem Roman von Dostojewskij. Idee vonTatjana Gsovsky, Text von Ingeborg Bachmann
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351230
for: Violin, organ
Item no.: 181516
Simrock Original Edition
for: 4 violins
Score
Item no.: 1340505
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 2
for: Flute, string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643312
Transkription aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 4
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1544683
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742650
6. Sonett "So lieblich küsst die Sonne nicht"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733227
for: Schlaginstrumente (4 oder mehr Spieler)
Einzelstimme 4. Stimme
Item no.: 731256
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 778614
Klassik
for: Voice (soprano)
Score
Item no.: 1540230
Klassik
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 992927
Klassik
for: Percussion Sextet
Score
Item no.: 818385
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207077
Alternativ Version
Buch
Item no.: 1173948
for: für Singstimmen ( 1-2 stimmig) und Klavier
Item no.: 1135446
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1019890
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019895
aus "Kanon Pokajanen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019891
op. 29
for: Oboe, Klavier und Schlagzeug
Set of parts
Item no.: 301722
Flanders International Film Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 299680
Score and Parts
for: Piano Quintet [Piano, Cello, Viola and 2 Violins]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 296252
Nine meditations
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1653411
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Percussion and Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920953
for: Bassoon, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 639072
Hommage a Händel
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 659598
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 633530
für Altblockftlöte solo
for: Treble recorder
Single part Recorder
Item no.: 630982
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 634683
for: Violine, Bassklarinette, Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659560
for: Flute and Percussions
Buch
Item no.: 920893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 833562
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 923033
Studien in moderner Spieltechnikop. 43
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545995
für 4 Saxophone und Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 673493
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Percussion ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 299461
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 300232
Komposition für Männerchor und Bläserquintett
Des Maurers Wandeln, es gleicht dem Leben
for: Männerchor: TTBB, Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn, Fagott
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 116164
Kammermusik für 5 Instrumente
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 115936
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 608887
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 105882
Score
Item no.: 397671
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 208945
Violoncello solo
for: Cello
Item no.: 192659
for: 3 flutes (trio)
(Kopie)
Item no.: 191901
for: 2 Violinen und Violoncello (solistisch oder chorisch)
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 189117
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