The classical modern period, 1900-1945, saw a great deal of cultural change, and many different composers helped shape the musical landscape of the early 20th century. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Classical Modern Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of classical modernism with Stretta Music today
The horrors of World War I brought about such a shift in perspective, that art would never be the same again. The cultural and social changes that had already begun at the end of the 19th century led to new prospects, which were mirrored and expressed through various innovative artistic movements, them sum of which is called Classic Modernism.
During the 20th century, the boundaries of tonality were stretched so far that one could no longer speak of tonal music. The most striking examples of this are polytonality, employed by composers like Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, and Charles Ives, and to an even greater extent serialism, the twelve-tone music of Arnold Schönberg and his students.
The rise of nationalism in the late 19th century sparked a great interest in rediscovering folk music. New technical developments, such as the invention of the phonograph, also made it easier to document and collect folk music. Great folk Pioneers were the Romanian composer Béla Bartók, the Czech composer Leo Janáček, the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, and the Australian-American composer Percy Grainger.
This development led to a new idiom within classical music, both melodically and rhythmically. Good examples of the integration of folklore into classical modern music are the melodies from Janáček’s Jenufa, which are based on the rhythm and intonation of the Czech language, and Bartók’s Second Violin Rhapsody.
Expressionists aimed to capture true emotions without glossing over them. Above all, they looked at the subjective inner world, in contrast to the outer world, and left all traditional ideals of beauty behind.
Expressionist music is characterised by dissonance, extreme dynamics and great contrasts in colour, pitch and effect. In music, expressionism is generally associated with the Second Viennese School, founded by Arnold Schönberg and his students Anton Webern and Alban Berg, and the dodecaphonic, twelve-tone technique they used, known as serialism.
Examples of expressionist music include Schönberg’s Erwartung, 1909, and Berg’s Wozzeck, 1922.
Another classical modern departure from the ideals of the Romantic Period was to draw on forms and tropes of the Baroque Period and the Classical Period. This was expressed in the use of traditional musical forms, as in Martinů’s Concerto da Camara, 1937, the use of traditional instrumentation, as in Manuel de Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Cello, 1926, and also in the use of thematic material from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, 1920.
for: Chor (MezBar) mit Flöte und Streichern
Single part Violin 1
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for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Single part Violin 2
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for: Viola [violin/cello], string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: 3 violins
Single part Violin 1
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for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 3
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for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
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for: 3 recorders (SAT), piano
Treble recorder (single part)
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for: Blockflöten (SAT), Schlagwerk und Klavier; Glockenspiel und Xylophon ad libitum
Single part Percussion
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for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
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for: gemischter Chor (SMezAB), Streicher und Klavier
Single part Violin 2
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for: Bariton-Saxophon
Single part
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for: Pauke und Stabspiel
Single part
Item no.: 874414
Single part Violin 2
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
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aus Mikrokosmos
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018300
Scherzo after a Ballad by Goethe
In cooperation with Edition Eulenburg
for: Symphonic orchestra
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1544028
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
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Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
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Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 290425
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 161967
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
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Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 445997
Single part 2
Item no.: 104135
op. 20
Einzelstimme Vc. Solo
for: Cello, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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Sonate über den Passionschoral
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231530
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 231082
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
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Preciosa
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 126908
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
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Preciosa
Single part Trombone 2
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(Zorika, Józsi, Mihály, Chor), Nr. 7
aus "Zigeunerliebe"
for: Piano
Single part(n)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
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for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Bass instrument
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Small wind band
Single part Tuba 2 (C)
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Orgelmusik Der Klassik + Romantik Bd 16
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Oboe
Oboe (orchestral part)
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Flexible wind band; keyboard ad lib.
Single part Horn 3 (F)
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Kantate
for: Cello
Single part Cello
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Single part Tenor Saxophone 1
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for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Chor (MezBar) mit Flöte und Streichern
Single part Cello/Double bass
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for: Chor (MezBar) mit Flöte und Streichern
Single part Viola
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for: Alt-Stimme mit Flöte, Klarinette und Streichquartett
Single part Violin 1
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