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.
Three Night pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734455
(female portraits)
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1209359
Kantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 735347
(Deutsches Volkslied)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746904
from "Musica ricercata" for wind quintet
for: Saxophon-Quartett (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736428
op. 210
for: Cello, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796584
Edition Schott
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Spielpartitur 2 Exemplare
Item no.: 743475
for: 3 Trompeten in C und Streichorchester
Solostimme Trompete I in C
Item no.: 754059
(Friedrich von Schiller)
for: gemischter Chor und Instrumente
Chorstimme Männerstimmen
Item no.: 784434
Four Poems of Heinrich Heine
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 752763
for: Voice (medium), piano
Ensemble scores, Vocal score
Item no.: 1677541
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1209442
Klassik
for: 12 voices (SSSAAATTTBBB)
Score
Item no.: 1664365
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 725683
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
Concerto
for: 2 pianos, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737320
(Schlesien)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747040
for: 2 Holzbläser (Flöten, Alt-Blockflöten oder Flöte und Oboe) und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 740560
Collected piano works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1654024
1. Vom Hausregiment "Es ist gewiss ein frommer Mann"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747121
Steh auf, Nordwind / Der Tod
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737941
Score
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1667308
for flute, viola and harp
for: Flute, viola, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 728978
for viola and organ
for: Viola, organ
Music score
Item no.: 736376
String quartet based on Sonnets by William Shakespeare
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 732994
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1644898
for violin solo (in scordatura)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 759001
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 728843
for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 784166
sur le nom de Saint Charbel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1548941
Edition Schott
for: Oboe und Schlagzeug
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749580
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 1162491
for: Triangle
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 797829
Edition Schott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score
Item no.: 796587
Klassik
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 1671251
11 Pieces - Russian Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 793481
for mixed chor (SATB)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit 8 Soli (SSAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 747689
for: gemischter Chor, Sopran- und Bariton-Solo und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 758354
Orto sinfonico per archi
for: Streichquintett (2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 759218
Opera in 4 scenes
Study score
Item no.: 729654
Cantiones profanae
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 755331
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 729384
Edition Schott
for: Klarinette in A und Orchester
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 756384
for four voices and instrumental ensemble
for: 4 Singstimmen (Countertenor, 2 Tenöre und Bass) und Ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 755412
based on Vincent van Gogh
for: dreistimmiger Frauenchor a cappella (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 736809
for vibraphone and marimba (1 player) and strings
for: Vibraphon und Marimbaphon (1 Spieler) und Streichorchester
Stimmensatz je 1x Violine 1 bis 8, je 1x Viola 1 und 2, je 1x Violoncello 1 und 2, 1x Kontrabass
Item no.: 783978
on "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1209012
7 Etudes, No. 6
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 746556
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