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This is a list of artists who create contemporary art, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of postmodernism) and the present day. Artists on this list meet the following criteria: The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by his/her peers or successors.
Musicians (either instrumentalists or vocalists) who specialize in, or are particularly known for, their performance of contemporary classical music Contents Top
Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon (2007) Gender, race, and sexuality in music theory. Popular music [219] Suzannah Clark: born 1969 Music theory and natural order from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century (2001) Franz Schubert, history of music theory, medieval music [220] Dmitri ...
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 .
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.
Artists of the contemporary period (1960s to present). See also the categories Modern artists and Postmodern artists Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
This is a list of 21st-century classical composers, sortable by name, year of birth and year of death. The list includes composers who have made classical music since 2001. The 21st century is defined by the calendar rather than by any unifying characteristics of musical style or attitude, and is therefore not an era of the same order as the ...
21st-century classical music is art music in the contemporary classical tradition that has been produced since the year 2000. A loose and ongoing period, 21st-century classical music is defined entirely by the calendar and does not refer to a musical style in the sense of Baroque or Romantic music .