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3 days ago · Stockhausen, along with John Cage, is one of the few avant-garde composers to have succeeded in penetrating the popular consciousness. The Beatles included his face on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- List of Compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Aries, for trumpet and electronic music, Nr. 43 1 ⁄ 2...
- Licht
Origin. The Licht opera project, originally titled Hikari (光...
- List of Compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen
5 days ago · John Cage (born September 5, 1912, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died August 12, 1992, New York, New York) was an American avant-garde composer whose inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music.
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3 days ago · Over her three-decade solo career, Björk has developed an eclectic and avant-garde musical style that incorporates aspects of electronic, dance, alternative dance, trip hop, experimental, glitch, jazz, alternative rock, instrumental, and contemporary classical music.
1 day ago · When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a "riot" or "near-riot", though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later. [1]
5 days ago · Avant-garde music is a genre that embraces innovation and challenges conventional musical norms. The term “avant-garde” itself suggests a radical departure from traditional methods, aiming to critique existing standards and provoke new ways of thinking about music. This genre is known for intentionally challenging or even alienating its ...
6 days ago · Luciano Berio (born October 24, 1925, Oneglia, Italy—died May 27, 2003, Rome) was an Italian musician, whose success as theorist, conductor, composer, and teacher placed him among the leading representatives of the musical avant-garde. His style is notable for combining lyric and expressive musical qualities with the most advanced techniques ...
5 days ago · György Ligeti (born May 28, 1923, Diciosânmartin [now Tîrnăveni], Transylvania, Romania—died June 12, 2006, Vienna, Austria) was a leading composer of the branch of avant-garde music concerned principally with shifting masses of sound and tone colours.
