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.
3. "Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen" / 4. Zierlichkeit des Schäferlebens "Nichts kann auf Erden"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742626
1. Tagelied / 2. Finnisches Lied
for: gemischter Chor (SSATTBB/SSATBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742572
3. Kommt herzu (Psalm 95)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742468
4. Die Liebe weicht vor Feuer nicht / 5. Chor der Mänaden
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737975
2. Christe, du Lamm Gottes - Passionsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737972
"Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" - Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737956
(Sinfonietta No. 4)
for: 9 Blechblasinstrumente
Set of parts
Item no.: 749912
"Es regnet, es regnet, der Kuckuck wird nass" / "Liebe Sonne, scheine wieder"
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746916
(Schweden)
for: Frauenchor oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746809
D Abendkonzert - Nr. 4: Variationen
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Solostimme Klarinette
Item no.: 746642
Suite 1
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 747136
"Die Heide wüst und nachtverzehrt"
for: Männerchor (TBarB)
Choir score
Item no.: 747091
7. Seemannslied "Der Meister, der Schiffsjung"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746984
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742793
10 songs
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733025
Legend for orchestra
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 732716
Gradus ad Symphoniam
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 760773
Petrulus hirrutus
for: Kinder- oder Jugendchor, 2 Flöten, Streichorchester und Klavier, Schlagzeug ad libitum
Einzelstimme Orchesterklavier
Item no.: 782036
op. 6
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 782002
B Tafelmusik
for: Flöte, Trompete oder Klarinette und Streicher (hoch, mittel, tief)
Einzelstimme mittleres Instrument
Item no.: 781509
3 Gesänge
for: Kinderchor, Flöte, 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Partitur mit unterlegtem Klavierauszug
Item no.: 755314
op. 47
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751950
2. Gott ist die ewge Sonn
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751839
7. Käuzlein "Ich armes Käuzlein kleine"
for: Frauenchor (SMezA) mit 3 Solo-Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751690
"Lobet den Herrn"
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751618
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791291
for: Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier oder Streich- oder Zupforchester
Einzelstimme Violine II/Mandoline II
Item no.: 791125
Theme from second movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791820
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791797
Second Movement from Suite no. 1
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 791772
No. 5 from "Five Piano Pieces"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791765
from Hassan
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791758
"Dir ist dein Haupt umkränzt"
for: Männerchor unisono und Orgel oder Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 792447
From "West Side Story"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 791891
Schulwerk für Instrumental-Zusammenspiel
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Stimmensatz solistisch
Item no.: 756859
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1120987
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1120985
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748155
Liedprogramm des deutschen Sängerbundes (1. Folge)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 784867
nach dem Orff-Schulwerk
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 782726
Kantate
for: Frauenchor (SSA) mit Kinderchor (SMezA), gemischtem Chor (SSATBB) und kleinem Orchester
Chorpartitur Kinderchor
Item no.: 782680
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 184458
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 134381
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Single part Accordion
Item no.: 690502
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Part 1 in C (flute)
Item no.: 690544
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); vocals ad lib.
Part 2 E-flat (alto saxophone)
Item no.: 690528
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 646828
for: Viola, piano
Single part Viola
Item no.: 425931