Avant-Garde
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Like many famous
modernists, Carter's
complex abstract
compositions were highly
academic in nature.
Xenakis' creations are
dissonant, abstract, and
heavy, resembling
fascinatingly chaotic
Cage's avant-garde antics
brought the concept of
random chance into the
mainstream of serous art
music composition. Cage s...
A Polish aural innovator,
Penderecki sculpted dense
masses of sound far beyond
the piano tone clusters of
Charles Ives.
Experimental composer and
visual artist Feldman is
influenced by Cage's New
York circle of musicians.
Also a renowned
conductor, Boulez'
progressive compositions
expanded serialism as
defined by Schoenberg.
Takemitsu is an
experimental Japanese
composer who created
sparse, silence-laden
textures with Messiaen-es...
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