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Jakob van Domselaer, whose early-20th century experiments in translating the theories of Piet Mondrian's De Stijl movement into music represent an early precedent to minimalist music. Alexander Mosolov, whose orchestral composition Iron Foundry (1923) is made up of mechanical and repetitive patterns.
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
This category covers minimalist composers and compositions. Pages in category "Minimalist composers" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician [1] best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. [2] Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, improvisation, and delay systems. [2]
Minimal music (also called minimalism) [2] [3] is a form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features of minimalist music include repetitive patterns or pulses , steady drones , consonant harmony , and reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units.
La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. [1] [2] [3] He is best known for his exploration of sustained tones, beginning with his 1958 composition Trio for ...
Dafina Zeqiri (composer) (born 1984) Gaziza Zhubanova (1927–1993) Valentine Yanovna Zhubinskaya (1926–2013) Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia (born 1937) Zinaida Petrovna Ziberova (born 1909) Lidia Zielinska (born 1953) Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001) Frances Ziffer (1917–1996) Marilyn J. Ziffrin (1926–2018) Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925)
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