avant-garde composer
C15292
concept
An avant-garde composer is a musician who creates experimental and innovative works that challenge traditional musical forms, techniques, and listening expectations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| experimental musician | 10 |
| avant-garde composer canonical | 8 |
| experimental composer | 3 |
| American modernist composer | 1 |
| drone music pioneer | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: avant-garde composer
Generated description
An avant-garde composer is a musician who creates experimental and innovative works that challenge traditional musical forms, techniques, and listening expectations.
Instances (23)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Luigi Nono
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Nono
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| Laurie Anderson | experimental musician |
| Luigi Nono | — |
| Jon Mueller | experimental musician |
| Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe | experimental musician |
| Haley Fohr | experimental musician |
| Daniel Lopatin | experimental musician |
| Tristan Honsinger | experimental musician |
| La Monte Young | drone music pioneer |
| David Tudor | experimental composer |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | — |
| Morton Feldman | — |
| Toshi Ichiyanagi | — |
| Robert Ashley | — |
| Tom Hamilton (composer) | experimental musician |
| Alvin Lucier | experimental composer |
| Joëlle Léandre | experimental musician |
| Annea Lockwood | experimental composer |
| George Crumb | — |
| Scott Walker | experimental musician |
| Anthony Braxton | experimental musician |
| Iannis Xenakis | — |
| Carl Ruggles | American modernist composer |