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.
March
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Score, Parts
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Das Orgelwerk
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Piano
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
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Klassik
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
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for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
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Klassik
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 269703
Schule
for: Solfege
Buch
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Schule
for: Solfege
Buch
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Schutzengel-Messe S, A
for: SSolo, ASolo (Ch, acap)
Stimme(n)
Item no.: 643319
for: OB FAG CEMB
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 420180
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 420168
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 587071
for: Salon orchestra
Ensemble score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 585462
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 490271
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202411
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202329
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202025
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201970
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201816
for: Frauenchor (SSA), Singstimme, Orgel
Score, Set of parts
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Reprint
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 585610
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201632
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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2 Trp, 2 Pos, Orgel
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Partitur
Partitur
for: Piano [keyboard/electric organ], bass, percussion
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1st Kinderchor, c''-Blfl., f'-Blfl., V, Vc, (Perc ad lib)
Item no.: 1616773
1-2st Kinder- oder Männerchor, c''-Blfl, 2 V, Vc, F (Gt), Perc ad lib.
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Symphonic Poem op. 26
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
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for orchestra
study score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Clarinet Quintet
for: Clarinet Quintet
Score, Parts
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for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
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Fantaisie pour Harpe et Orchestre (Piano Reduction/Solo)
Solo Instrument(s) & Orchestra Piano Reduction
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Concerto in modo misolidio per pianoforte ed orchestra (Piano Reducti
Keyboard & Orchestra Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344349
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Op. 60 (Piano Reduction/Solo)
Violin & Orchestra Piano Reduction
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344346
Rhapsodische Sinfonie (Rhapsodic Symphony) Op. 95
Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
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Konzertstück (Concert Piece) for piano and orchestra (Piano Reduction
Keyboard & Orchestra Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344222
String Quartet No.3 in C major Op.71 (parts)
Chamber Music
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 830068
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