Modernist music is an avant-garde genre that emerged in the 20th century, emphasizing innovation, abstraction, and a break from traditional harmonic and structural conventions. Often characterized by atonality, dissonance, and complex rhythmic patterns, it explores new textures and timbres through unconventional instrumentation and extended techniques. Composers in this style experiment with serialism, aleatory music, and microtonality, rejecting Romantic expressiveness in favor of intellectual rigor and structural exploration. Modernist music challenges listeners, embracing fragmentation and unpredictability while pushing the boundaries of musical language.
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