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.
Lyric book
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for: Piano and String Quartet
Set of parts
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for: Cello, piano
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for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
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for: INST (1-8)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Voice (soprano), chamber ensemble
Study score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Accordion orchestra
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for: Voice (bass), piano
Piano score
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for: STR KLAV E-BASS VA
Study score
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for: Guitar
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(Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi)
for: Concert band
Partitur und Stimmen 1 Piccolo, 8 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 4 Bb Klarinette 1, 4 Bb Klarinette 2, 4 Bb Klarinette 3, 2 Bb Bass-Klarinette, 2 Eb Alt-Saxophon 1, 2 Eb Alt-Saxophon 2, 2 Bb Tenor-Saxophon, 1 Eb Bar
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for soprano and piano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
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for solo percussion and strings
for: String orchestra, percussion
Piano reduction, solo part
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Supplement 2019
for: Piano
Music score
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Edition Schott
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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arranged for oboe and piano
for: Oboe, piano
Music score
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An arrangement of Hermes' Aria 'O Divine Music' from King Priam
for: Flöte, Oboe und Cembalo oder Klavier
Score, Parts
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Edition Schott
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
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aus dem Märchen für Musik "Pollicino"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
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Edition Schott
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
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Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
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Edition Schott
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Edition Schott
for: 2 pianos
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
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Ensemble score
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for: 2 Soli, gemischter Chor und Orchester
Study score
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Study score
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for horn in F and piano
for: Horn, piano
Music score
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Museumsstücke II
for: bewegliche Stimmen und Instrumente
Ensemble score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Comic opera in 2 acts after the parable from "The Sheik of Alexandria and his Slaves" by Wilhelm Hauff
Study score
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for: Orchestra
Study score (facsimile)
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for: Gesang, Flöte und Orgel
Score, Parts
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for: Sopran-, Alt- und Tenor-Solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester
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Oper in einem Akt
Piano reduction
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from the children's opera "Pollicino"
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
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Suite for cello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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1. Early one morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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"Wenn eines Jahres Wirken abgeschlossen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Choreographisches Drama in 4 Aufzügen
for: Solo, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
Piano reduction
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Edition Schott
for: Violin, organ
Music score
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for horn and cello
for: Horn und Violoncello
Ensemble score
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for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
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