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Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in its field, with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elements, and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences. [1]
Avant garde music: what it is and some famous examples of avant garde music - Classical Music.
- Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica (1969) The granddaddy of all avant-garde, Captain Beefheart’s 1969 masterpiece demolished the walls of music convention with its unorthodox complexity.
- John Zorn – Naked City (1990) The graphic cover photo which presents a man violently shot dead on a sidewalk closely mirrors the passion with which John Zorn approaches this set.
- Moondog – Moondog (1969) Louis Thomas Hardin Jr. was, for many years, one of the most eccentric vagrants lining the Manhattan sidewalks. Few New Yorkers knew, however, that when they flipped a coin to the “Viking of Sixth Avenue” they were giving to a man who had overcome insurmountable odds – blindness and homelessness – to become one of the 20th Century’s most gifted yet under-appreciated musicians.
- The Pop Group – Y (1979) A landmark debut album, The Pop Group defined the fate of post-punk and made future experiments pale in comparison. It’s rare that you run across an album that is a complete singularity.
Jan 15, 2022 · Ranking the best avant-garde albums in order of greatness, from the yearning of Yoko Ono's work to the razor-sharp, hyper-kineticism of Zappa and Eno Music Film
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Nov 21, 2023 · Avant-garde music is inherently provocative and political. Composers who were famous in their time for creating provocative music but not historically considered avant-garde, such as Igor...
Avant-garde composers of the 20th century have left a vexing legacy, beginning perhaps with one of the century’s first minimalists, Erik Satie (1866 –1925), whose career illustrates a central paradox of experimental music: it can seem to most of us totally inaccessible, alien, and frustrating ...
