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.
Score
Item no.: 605690
for: 9 Klarinetten oder Klarinetten Chor
Score
Item no.: 638245
for 2 flutes, 2 oboes 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte und 2 Hörner
Score
Item no.: 758416
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 1351424
for: Soprano and Guitar
Book
Item no.: 324224
for: Mixed Choir, Children's Choir and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389920
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 628333
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 582260
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 290405
Piano reduction
Item no.: 390612
for: Trompete solo (C oder Bb), Flöte, 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner, Fagott und Kontrafagott
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 112633
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 799365
for: Viola, organ
Item no.: 624462
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2688
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2355
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1552
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3210
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 4645
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4421
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 248000
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 676707
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 467606
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128747
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 492321
for: Trio
Score
Item no.: 388575
for: 2 Pianos and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 860526
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 858501
for: Opere Teoriche
Buch
Item no.: 256977
for: Voice, Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello
Buch
Item no.: 279853
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101227
for: Organ
Item no.: 101224
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score
Item no.: 120721
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 120774
for: Flute, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 280090
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 140337
for: Piano
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 766351
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101221
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 223236
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 909318
for: 2–3 violins
2 Scores for playing, Playback-CD
Item no.: 659768
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 288583
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558197
for: Trombone, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117024
for: Soloists, Choir, String Quartet, Piano [4-Händig] and Percussion
Piano reduction
Item no.: 295738
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630350
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3816
Sämtliche Lieder 3
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 458903
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