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Apr 4, 2024 · Contemporary music is a musical term that defines a wide range of compositions that adopt ideas and elements from modern music. Simply, it’s whatever music is written at present time, whether rhythmically, harmonically, or texturally.
Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial music, electronic music, experimental music, and minimalist music.
- c. 1730-1820
- c. 1400-1600
- c. 500-1400
Sep 13, 2019 · According to vibraphonist Victor Mendoza, contemporary music is, simply put, “music performed and created with what is rhythmically, harmonically, and texturally current.”
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Dec 22, 2021 · The 10 best contemporary albums of 2021. The year’s best experiments ranged from Blank Gloss’s ambient Americana to Space Afrika’s manipulated Manchester field recordings and Floating Points ...
Jul 9, 2023 · Contemporary music is a broad term encompassing a vast array of music genres and styles that emerged post-1945. Its versatility and adaptability lend it the richness and dynamism that characterize today’s music scene. Let’s explore various contemporary styles including sub-genres from classical music, to modern music, to dance music.
Aug 20, 2018 · In fewer than three hundred pages of cogent prose, Rutherford-Johnson catalogues the bewildering diversity of twenty-first-century composed music, and, more important, makes interpretative sense...
Apr 29, 2013 · Contemporary classical music guide round-up. Tom Service: Choosing just 50 composers to tell the story of the contemporary classical music scene has been a rich and rewarding experience, but I'm ...
