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.
Duett Nedda - Tonio aus "Der Bajazzo"
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
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from Music for Movies
for: Flute Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Score, Parts
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op. 26
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
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Kleine Motette
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
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Komisches Intermezzo
for: PICC-FL (TRP) POS (FAG/EUPH/VC) BLM
Set of parts
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14 Full Band Compositions and Arrangements
correlated to "Yamaha Band Student 1"
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Percussion
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for: Woodwind ensemble
Einzelstimme
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Single part Violin
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for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
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for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
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Single part Clarinet
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Prologue & Intermezzo
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070112
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942203
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942160
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 941186
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 940161
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 936547
Bass Saxophone Part
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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B-Flat Soprano Saxophone Part
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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3rd Trombone (Bass Clef)
for: Concert band
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Textbuch/Libretto
Lyric book
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for: Percussion
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for: 4 violins
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 149920
for: Small wind band
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191209
for: für Chor TTBB
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano
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Piano reduction
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 839
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Short Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Arrangement for 2 pianos
for: 2 pianos
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 899388
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Nr. 2 A Tragic Story
for: Children's Choir [unisono]
Einzelstimme
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Old Irish Melody in F
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 910194
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
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Revised one movement version
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
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über das Thema 'Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen' von Johannes Crüger
for: Organ
Music score
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Frauenchor und Keyboard
for: Frauenchor und Keyboard
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Lied
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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