| Encompassed by a wide array of musical movements both arising from and seemingly unrelated
to the widely divergent Classical genres of the Early 20th Century. The philosophies
of Modernism and Postmodernism held sway. Composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen
and Pierre Schaeffer utilized new electronics and computer technology to compose with
never-before-heard sounds and techniques for manipulating sound. Minimalism, a trancelike
stripping down of musical surface complexity, became a major force, typified by composers
such as La Monte Young and Steve Reich. Experimental composers such as John Cage played
with new methods of performing on old instruments, as in his pieces for prepared piano,
and with traditionally held expectations of music in general, as in his piece 4'33'.
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DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2020-05-19