Modern Composition
A broad catch-all for modern concert music that leans experimental, minimalist, or textural rather than strictly tonal or traditional. The label is useful, but it is loose enough that the history should be read as a cluster of related practices rather than a single origin story.
History
A broad catch-all for modern concert music that leans experimental, minimalist, or textural rather than strictly tonal or traditional. The label is useful, but it is loose enough that the history should be read as a cluster of related practices rather than a single origin story.