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: Sopran-solo, Bass-solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 352721
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
Der Papagei aus Kuba
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352021
Oper in 2 Aufzügen
for: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352002
Lateinamerikanische Tänze
for: Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 334680
for: für 2 Stimmen und andere Schallquellen
Partitur
Item no.: 332395
für Rezitation, Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Sprecher, Flöte, Violine, Violoncello, Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 472426
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1342
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 480275
Konzertsuite aus der Oper "Elisabeth Tudor"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352512
Fantasia per orchestra
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352126
GeWV 335
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 353877
Poème concertante
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 353856
für Flöte solo (auch Altflöte, Bassflöte), kleines Orchester und Tonband
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Flute, chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 353742
for guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355137
for: GCH/STRQU/HZBL
Score
Item no.: 355083
for: 4 Hörner in F, 3 Trompeten in B und 3 Posaunen
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354910
for: 4 Hörner in F, 3 Trompeten in B und 3 Posaunen
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354906
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 355627
Northumbrian Folksong
for: Kinderchor (Mez) und 3 Blockflöten (SSA)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355613
Eine Oper vom Tod des reichen Arden von Faversham in 2 Akten (7 Szenen)op. 21
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 354696
No.9: Hurl of the Wind
for: FCH/BL/STRQU/KL
Item no.: 354484
Kantate für Soli, Chor und Instrumente4. Prelude: "Summer"
for: zwei Sopranblockflöten, Trompete (Kornett), Violine, Trommel und Klavier
Item no.: 354458
for: Piano
Item no.: 353660
Eine Volksliedkantate unter Benutzung des gleichnamigen Chorsatzes von Heinrich Isaac
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (ABar) und Instrumente
Score
Item no.: 353628
for voice and alto saxophone
for: Gesang und Alt-Saxophon
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1544885
Transkription aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 4
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1544683
- In Nomine -
for: 6 Spieler
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1544564
for bass clarinet
for: Bass-Klarinette
Item no.: 1544563
Kantate zum Lob des Weines nach Texten verschiedener Dichter für Solostimme, Chor und Blechbläser oder Klavier
for: 3. Trompete
Stimme
Item no.: 874908
Kantate zum Lob des Weines nach Texten verschiedener Dichter für Solostimme, Chor und Blechbläser oder Klavier
for: 1. Trompete
Stimme
Item no.: 874839
Finale
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 864059
for: 15 Solo String Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 864004
Item no.: 863912
for: Violine, Viola, Violine (Tenor) und Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 862447
Alt-Saxophon und Tenor-Saxophon
for: Alt-Saxophon und Tenor-Saxophon
Item no.: 862423
for: Soprano Voice, Clarinet and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 862222
for Euphonium
for: Euphonium, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 866705
Partitur
Score
Item no.: 866568
Score, Parts
Item no.: 869568
für Oboe und Orchester
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part oboe solo
Item no.: 685437
"Was Amsel, Esel, Grille singt"
for: Frauenchor (SSA) mit Klavier oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 375987
for: für 12 Violoncellisten
Study score
Item no.: 372767
12 Evocations for 12 Strings
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369650
Miniaturen
for: 3 Guitars
Score
Item no.: 363729
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117036
for: Accordion
Item no.: 274758
for: 2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, [Pauken]
Item no.: 276999
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