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.
Klassik
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1174640
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 822580
Kendor Playground String Orchestra
for: String Orchestra and opt.Violin or Viola and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 916306
for: Piano and Organ
Book
Item no.: 863331
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870671
Männerchor, Klavier, Git, Perc
Spiritual-Kantate
Item no.: 1616167
Motette
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 895538
for: Harp, piano
Buch
Item no.: 834372
for: TTBB Double Chorus or Organ and Trumpet
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038425
Átdolgozott kiadás
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851116
für Violine und Viola
for: Violine und Viola
Score
Item no.: 1542285
Klassik
for: Latin Percussion
Buch
Item no.: 836302
EMB Contemporary Music
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 851005
for: Latin percussion
Score
Item no.: 1171242
1. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
for: Männerchor (TBB) und Kinderchor (SMez)
Choir score
Item no.: 747019
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1145235
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
Item no.: 834035
for: Organ, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1197259
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 964335
op.63
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 683697
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 922180
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 964227
for three accordions
for: 3 Akkordeons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1546454
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 1103915
Player's score
for: Cello, Flute, Guitar
Score
Item no.: 836156
Birthday Cards for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1624892
for: SSSAA
Choir score
Item no.: 1142582
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1197637
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904120
Klassik
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 906047
for sho and electronics
for: Shô and Electronics
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541949
Geistliche Musik
for: SSAA/SSAA Double Chorus a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909206
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 964163
For Trumpet
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 1542126
Orchestral Variations on an Original Melody
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1611409
for: Women's Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952326
Per Due Clarinetti in Sib
for: 2 clarinets
Score
Item no.: 833338
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 907356
per 6 esecutori e nastro magnetico (1995)
for: Chamber Ensemble, Soprano Voice
Score
Item no.: 1547702
for: Solo Tuba, zwei Klaviere und zwei Schlagzeuge
Score
Item no.: 1616903
For Symphonic Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1623032
Piano Preludes
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 893707
für Violoncello
for: Cello
Study score
Item no.: 1542207
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 390957
© 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
