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: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Opera
Buch
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Choir score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Beyond the Waves
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1557443
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1202611
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591006
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160842
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143461
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172189
Klassik
for: Brass ensemble
Book
Item no.: 1194939
Marsch / March / Marche op. 229
RUNDEL Julius-Fucik-Edition
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1558278
Brass Band Concert Works
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 978743
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1111001
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910302
Geistliche Musik
for: Handbells [3-5]
Single edition
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Weltlich
for: Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Piano reduction
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for: Chamber ensemble
Choir score
Item no.: 1170242
for: Piccolo and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 1137969
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132118
Nordic Symphonic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1112952
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201955
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: 4 mandolins
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Orchestra
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Item no.: 1555754
for: Orchestra and Piano
Book
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Nu Er Den Skønne Dag..
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172002
2nd Movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 991381
Reprint
Study Score 173
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 397418
Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 197005
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 200472
Text von Manfred Streubel
for: GES-M GCH (4)
Item no.: 123198
Festmusik zum Eidgenössischen Musikfest in Bern
for: Concert band
Conductors part
Item no.: 1582458
for: Organ 4 hands
Item no.: 296830
for: Violin, guitar
Item no.: 298969
for: Concert band
Conductors part
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