Contemporary classical music
Post-1945 period in classical music / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Contemporary art music" redirects here. For other forms of contemporary music, see Popular music.
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. Newer forms of music include spectral music, and post-minimalism.