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.
for: Harp, 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Clarinet
Score
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
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for: Trombone and Vibraphone
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
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Book (softcover)
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for: Trumpet [cornet], trombone, piano
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Cello
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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A collection of temporary pieces
for: 3 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 185122
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano score
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for: Flute, Clarinet and Oboe
Set of parts
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for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
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Ten enjoyable pieces for violin and piano
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Piano score, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Trombone, piano
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Bläserquartett
Score, Parts
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for: Alto Saxophone [or Horn] and Piano
Score
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for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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for: Klarinette, Violine, Viola
Study score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Set of parts
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for: Klarinette, Violine, Viola
Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
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for: Celtic harp, 2 violins, cello
Score
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for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
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