Best of Musique Concrète

Best of Musique Concrète

Pioneered by Pierre Schaeffer, musique concrète was perhaps the most radical development in avant-garde classical music's embrace of electronic sounds in the first half of the 20th century. This playlist examines the work of composers like Cage, Ferrari, and others who used collage, tape experiments, and sound sampling to create new sonic worlds that would profoundly influence modern music.

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