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.
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Score
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2. Ich bin der Meister Schneider - Lob der Schneider
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op. 42/3
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1. Frühlingsglaube "Es wandert eine schöne Sage"
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Cantata No. 1
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Choir score
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Spiel für Kinder nach einem Text von Robert Seitz
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Set of parts
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Solostimme Flöte II
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Choir score
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A Morgenmusik
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Einzelstimme 2. Stimme in C und B
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1. Es wohnt ein Müller an jenem Teich
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Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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"Kind, wo bist du hingewesen?"
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Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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3. Das Täubchen: "Ei sieh, du holdes Täubchen"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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3. Abend "Schweigt der Mensch laute Lust"
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1. Frau Nachtigall / 2. Ablösung
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Weise
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"Ich ruhe still"
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(Volkslied, 15 Jh.)
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Choir score
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2. Nicht Wiedersehn
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Choir score
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op. 94/3
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Choir score
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Hausmusik für Akkordeon ( M II) in fortschreitendem Schwierigkeitsgrad (Mittel- bis Oberstufe)
for: Accordion
Music score
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"Fischen, Jagen, Vogelstellen"
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Choir score
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"Es, es, es und es"
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Choir score
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4. Ungeheuer und rot erscheint die Wintersonne
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Choir score
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(Melodie: Genf 1542)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Serenade "Trommler, lass dein Kalbfell klingen"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit Solo (T) und kleines Orchester
Set of parts
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op. 77
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Single part Violin 2
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Dem Allgegenwärtigen
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Piano reduction
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in one movement
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Piano reduction, solo parts
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Festliche Kantate
for: Kinderchor, Frauenchor, Männerchor und Blas- oder Streichorchester
Partitur = Klavierauszug
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Gradus ad Symphoniam
for: school orchestra
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Gradus ad Symphoniam
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 3
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op. 6
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir part Tenor
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2 Rondos - Nr. 2: Kommt lasst uns allesamt
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Choir part Soprano 1
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for: Concert band
Einzelstimme Side Drum
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nach Texten von Andreas Gryphius
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Choir score
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Kantate
for: Frauenchor (SSA) mit Kinderchor (SMezA), gemischtem Chor (SSATBB) und kleinem Orchester
Choir score (men voices)
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op. 43/1
for: Streichorchester (Viola auch Solo), Flöten und Oboen
Harmoniestimmen Flöte I; Flöte II; Oboe I; Oboe II
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op. 86/4
for: Male choir
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