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Avant-garde music

January 26, 2023

"Avantgarde music" redirects here. For the record label, see Avantgarde Music.
Not to be confused with experimental music.

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 may be distinguished from experimental music by the way it adopts an extreme position within a certain tradition, whereas experimental music lies outside tradition.

Avant-garde
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly to mid-20th century
Derivative forms
Other topics

Distinctions

Further information: Avant-garde

Avant-garde music may be distinguished from experimental music by the way it adopts an extreme position within a certain tradition, whereas experimental music lies outside tradition.[2] In a historical sense, some musicologists use the term "avant-garde music" for the radical compositions that succeeded the death of Anton Webern in 1945,[3][verification needed] but others disagree. For example, Ryan Minor writes that this period began with the work of Richard Wagner,[4] whereas Edward Lowinsky cites Josquin des Prez.[5] The term may also be used to refer to any post-1945 tendency of modernist music not definable as experimental music, though sometimes including a type of experimental music characterized by the rejection of tonality.[3] A commonly cited example of avant-garde music is John Cage's 4'33" (1952),[1] a piece which instructs the performer(s) not to play their instrument(s) during its entire duration.[6] The piece has been described as "not a musical ‘work’ in the normal sense, only an occasion for a Zen-like meditation".[7]

Although some modernist music is also avant-garde, a distinction can be made between the two categories. According to scholar Larry Sitsky, because the purpose of avant-garde music is necessarily political, social, and cultural critique, so that it challenges social and artistic values by provoking or goading audiences, composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, George Antheil and Claude Debussy may reasonably be considered to have been avant-gardists in their early works (which were understood as provocative, whether or not the composers intended them that way), but Sitsky does not consider the label appropriate for their later music.[8] For example, modernists of the post–World War II period, such as Milton Babbitt, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, György Ligeti, and Witold Lutosławski, never conceived their music for the purpose of goading an audience and cannot, therefore, be classified as avant-garde. Composers such as John Cage and Harry Partch, on the contrary, remained avant-gardists throughout their creative careers.[8]

A prominent feature of avant-garde music is to break through various rules and regulations of traditional culture, in order to transcend established creative principles and appreciation habits. Avant-garde music pursues novelty in musical form and style, insisting that art is above everything else; thus, it creates a transcendental and mysterious sound world. Hint, metaphor, symbol, association, imagery, synesthesia and perception are widely used in avant-garde music techniques to excavate the mystery of human heart and the flow of consciousness, so that many seemingly unrelated but essentially very important events interweave into multi-level structures and forms.[9]

Performers

Popular music

See also: Avant-pop

Popular music, by definition, is designed for mass appeal.[10] The 1960s saw a wave of avant-garde experimentation in jazz, represented by artists such as Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.[11][12] In the rock music of the 1970s, the "art" descriptor was generally understood to mean "aggressively avant-garde" or "pretentiously progressive".[13] Post-punk artists from the late 1970s rejected traditional rock sensibilities in favor of an avant-garde aesthetic.[14] In 1988 the writer Greg Tate described hip hop music as "the only avant-garde around, still delivering the shock of the new."[15]

See also

Contemporary/classical music

Popular/traditional music

References

  1. ^ a b "Avant-Garde Music". AllMusic.
  2. ^ David Nicholls, American Experimental Music, 1890–1940 (Cambridge [England] and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990): 318.
  3. ^ a b Paul Du Noyer (ed.), "Contemporary", in the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music: From Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues and Hip Hop to Classical, Folk, World and More (London: Flame Tree, 2003), p. 272. ISBN 1-904041-70-1
  4. ^ Ryan Minor, "Modernism", Harvard Dictionary of Music, fourth edition, edited by Don Michael Randel (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003). ISBN 9780674011632.
  5. ^ Edward Lowinsky, "The Musical Avant-Garde of the Renaissance; or, the Peril and Profit of Foresight", in Music in the Culture of the Renaissance and Other Essays, edited and with an introduction by Bonie J. Blackburn with forewords by Howard Mayer Brown and Ellen T. Harris, 2 vols. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989) 2:730–754, passim.
  6. ^ Richard Kostelanetz, Conversing with John Cage (New York: Routledge, 2003):[page needed]. ISBN 0-415-93792-2.
  7. ^ Wright, Craig M.; Simms, Bryan (2010). Music in Western Civilization: Media Update. Schirmer Cengage Learning. p. 781. ISBN 978-0495572732.
  8. ^ a b Larry Sitsky, Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002): xiii–xiv. ISBN 0-313-29689-8.
  9. ^ Paul Hegarty, Noise/Music: A History, (London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007): 137. ISBN 87-988955-0-8.
  10. ^ "Popular music". collinsdictionary.com.
  11. ^ Anon. Avant-Garde Jazz. AllMusic.com, n.d.
  12. ^ Michael West (April 3, 2015). "In the year jazz went avant-garde, Ramsey Lewis went pop with a bang". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ Murray, Noel (May 28, 2015). "60 minutes of music that sum up art-punk pioneers Wire". The A.V. Club.
  14. ^ Bannister, Matthew (2007). White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7546-8803-7.
  15. ^ Cited in Chang, Jeff (2005). Can't Stop, Won't Stop. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 410. [hip-hop], the only avant-garde around, still delivering the shock of the new (over recycled James Brown compost modernism like a bitch), and it's got a shockable bourgeoise, to boot. [sic]

Further reading

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Avantgarde music redirects here For the record label see Avantgarde Music Not to be confused with experimental music 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 may be distinguished from experimental music by the way it adopts an extreme position within a certain tradition whereas experimental music lies outside tradition Avant gardeStylistic originsModernism classical romanticism expressionismCultural originsEarly to mid 20th centuryDerivative formsExperimental music pop rock metal jazz industrial post punk art rock free jazz drone no wave danger music progressiveOther topicsMusique concrete Contents 1 Distinctions 2 Performers 3 Popular music 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingDistinctions EditFurther information Avant garde Avant garde music may be distinguished from experimental music by the way it adopts an extreme position within a certain tradition whereas experimental music lies outside tradition 2 In a historical sense some musicologists use the term avant garde music for the radical compositions that succeeded the death of Anton Webern in 1945 3 verification needed but others disagree For example Ryan Minor writes that this period began with the work of Richard Wagner 4 whereas Edward Lowinsky cites Josquin des Prez 5 The term may also be used to refer to any post 1945 tendency of modernist music not definable as experimental music though sometimes including a type of experimental music characterized by the rejection of tonality 3 A commonly cited example of avant garde music is John Cage s 4 33 1952 1 a piece which instructs the performer s not to play their instrument s during its entire duration 6 The piece has been described as not a musical work in the normal sense only an occasion for a Zen like meditation 7 Although some modernist music is also avant garde a distinction can be made between the two categories According to scholar Larry Sitsky because the purpose of avant garde music is necessarily political social and cultural critique so that it challenges social and artistic values by provoking or goading audiences composers such as Igor Stravinsky Richard Strauss Arnold Schoenberg Anton Webern George Antheil and Claude Debussy may reasonably be considered to have been avant gardists in their early works which were understood as provocative whether or not the composers intended them that way but Sitsky does not consider the label appropriate for their later music 8 For example modernists of the post World War II period such as Milton Babbitt Luciano Berio Elliott Carter Gyorgy Ligeti and Witold Lutoslawski never conceived their music for the purpose of goading an audience and cannot therefore be classified as avant garde Composers such as John Cage and Harry Partch on the contrary remained avant gardists throughout their creative careers 8 A prominent feature of avant garde music is to break through various rules and regulations of traditional culture in order to transcend established creative principles and appreciation habits Avant garde music pursues novelty in musical form and style insisting that art is above everything else thus it creates a transcendental and mysterious sound world Hint metaphor symbol association imagery synesthesia and perception are widely used in avant garde music techniques to excavate the mystery of human heart and the flow of consciousness so that many seemingly unrelated but essentially very important events interweave into multi level structures and forms 9 Performers EditPeter Brotzmann Anthony Braxton The Mothers of Invention The Residents Neu Faust Henry Cow The Pop Group SwansPopular music EditSee also Avant pop Popular music by definition is designed for mass appeal 10 The 1960s saw a wave of avant garde experimentation in jazz represented by artists such as Ornette Coleman Sun Ra Albert Ayler Archie Shepp John Coltrane and Miles Davis 11 12 In the rock music of the 1970s the art descriptor was generally understood to mean aggressively avant garde or pretentiously progressive 13 Post punk artists from the late 1970s rejected traditional rock sensibilities in favor of an avant garde aesthetic 14 In 1988 the writer Greg Tate described hip hop music as the only avant garde around still delivering the shock of the new 15 See also EditLo fi Danger music Industrial music Lowercase musicContemporary classical music Aleatoric music Free improvisation Glitch Indeterminacy in music Noise music Surrealist music Popular traditional music Alternative hip hop Art pop Art punk Art rock Avant funk Avant garde jazz Avant garde metal Avant prog Avant pop Avant punk Breakcore Electronic music Experimental pop Experimental rock Free jazz Math rock No wave Noise pop Noise rock Progressive pop Progressive rock Post hardcore Post progressive Post punk Post rockReferences Edit a b Avant Garde Music AllMusic David Nicholls American Experimental Music 1890 1940 Cambridge England and New York Cambridge University Press 1990 318 a b Paul Du Noyer ed Contemporary in the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music From Rock Pop Jazz Blues and Hip Hop to Classical Folk World and More London Flame Tree 2003 p 272 ISBN 1 904041 70 1 Ryan Minor Modernism Harvard Dictionary of Music fourth edition edited by Don Michael Randel Cambridge Harvard University Press 2003 ISBN 9780674011632 Edward Lowinsky The Musical Avant Garde of the Renaissance or the Peril and Profit of Foresight in Music in the Culture of the Renaissance and Other Essays edited and with an introduction by Bonie J Blackburn with forewords by Howard Mayer Brown and Ellen T Harris 2 vols Chicago The University of Chicago Press 1989 2 730 754 passim Richard Kostelanetz Conversing with John Cage New York Routledge 2003 page needed ISBN 0 415 93792 2 Wright Craig M Simms Bryan 2010 Music in Western Civilization Media Update Schirmer Cengage Learning p 781 ISBN 978 0495572732 a b Larry Sitsky Music of the Twentieth Century Avant Garde A Biocritical Sourcebook Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press 2002 xiii xiv ISBN 0 313 29689 8 Paul Hegarty Noise Music A History London Continuum International Publishing Group 2007 137 ISBN 87 988955 0 8 Popular music collinsdictionary com Anon Avant Garde Jazz AllMusic com n d Michael West April 3 2015 In the year jazz went avant garde Ramsey Lewis went pop with a bang The Washington Post Murray Noel May 28 2015 60 minutes of music that sum up art punk pioneers Wire The A V Club Bannister Matthew 2007 White Boys White Noise Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock Ashgate Publishing Ltd p 38 ISBN 978 0 7546 8803 7 Cited in Chang Jeff 2005 Can t Stop Won t Stop New York St Martin s Press p 410 hip hop the only avant garde around still delivering the shock of the new over recycled James Brown compost modernism like a bitch and it s got a shockable bourgeoise to boot sic Further reading EditGendron Bernard 2002 Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club Popular Music and the Avant Garde Chicago University of Chicago Press ISBN 978 0 226 28735 5 Griffiths Paul 1981 Modern Music The Avant Garde Since 1945 London J M Dent and Sons Ltd New York George Braziller ISBN 0 8076 1018 6 Stubbs David Fear of Music Why People Get Rothko but Don t Get Stockhausen UK Zero Books 2009 ISBN 1 8469 4179 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Avant garde music amp oldid 1133783713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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