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21st-century classical music

Links

General

• http://www.therestisnoise.com/
• Exploring the classical music of the 21st century
• The Classical Music of the 21st Century

Criticism

• The New Classical: how the next generation of composers and labels is challenging classical music’s status quo
• Why is new classical music left to wither and die?
• Does anyone like modern classical music?
• Audiences hate modern classical music because their brains cannot cope
• The 21st century: classical music is still alive and well
• Classical music has moved away from common man: Srikumar

Composers

• https://composersforum.org/

• Top 10 young composers who are redefining classical music
• A guide to contemporary classical music
• Discover the ten most famous classical composers living today in the 21st century
• 9 brilliant contemporary composers who prove classical music isn't dead
• Scott Worthington
• Ashley Fure
• Frederic Rzewski
• Saed Haddad
• Ann Cleare
• Angélica Negrón
• John Corigliano

Works to consider adding

• Michael Abels: Delights and Dances for string quartet with orchestra (2007)
• Kenji Bunch: Symphony no. 1 (Lichtenstein Triptych) (2004)
• Aaron Jay Kernis: Color Wheel (2001)
• Kevin Puts: Piano Concerto (Night) (2008)
• John Williams: Harp Concerto (On Willows and Birches) (2009)
• Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 3 / Unhorbare Zeit (2014)

Musicians

• What is a 21st century musician?
• Just why does new classical music need champions?
• Stewart Goodyear
• James Ross
• Lara Downes
• Gilbert Kalish
• Nicole Paiement
• Opera Parallèle
• JACK

Books

• Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music

Removed Sections to review (from history)

Technology in music production

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Main article: Music technology

See also: Computer music

− With the growing popularity of the home computer and the vast improvements in music production applications during the 21st century, home-based composers and performers are no longer limited to the facilities of designated recording studios. Though the technology was available in the 1990s, home computers were not capable of replicating the functionality of a professional production facility. At that time computer processors were slow, internal memory was small, hard disk storage capacities were limited, and data access times were too slow for serious multitrack recording work if using only a single device. Today's computer workstations have vastly improved performance capabilities, with data storage space in the region of several terabytes, processors with multiple cores, and onboard memory measured in gigabytes. Home users can now quickly and easily sample, record, and produce their own music using their own home recording studios, and promote it via the internet.

− − There are numerous types of applications involved in music production. While many will allow the user to play musical notation back via MIDI (through either external electronic instruments or internal "virtual instruments"), some of them are dedicated solely to notation, others are dedicated solely to live performance, yet others are dedicated solely to the production (i.e. recording) process itself, while a few present all these capabilities in one package. Many of these applications have capabilities to store live sound in WAV, MP3, or MP4 format (which do not involve notation) and often have functions which can transform the sound (changing the pitch, stretching the sound, merging sounds together, adding effects, and so on). Of course, there are widely used applications which are dedicated to recording sound in digital formats, and some offer these transforming functions.

Female composers

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− Although there have been women composers in earlier centuries (Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach are well-known examples), the 21st century has seen an increase in their number. Roxanna Panufnik, in the aforementioned interview with the BBC, says:

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Attitudes towards women composers have changed during the past few decades. Even after women started getting careers, it took a while before they could find work as composers, but we got there in the end, thanks to role models such as Judith Weir, Nicola Lefanu [sic], and Thea Musgrave. Hip young things like Tansy Davies and Emily Hall will exert a great influence on the new music scene in the next ten years.

The trend continues with such people as Panufnik, Davies, Hall, Unsuk Chin, Onutė Narbutaitė, Julia Wolfe, Jennifer Higdon, Olga Neuwirth, Rebecca Saunders, Kati Agocs and many others joining the ranks. Other notable female composers include Kinuyo Yamashita and Yoko Kanno.

Several composers of Hispanic origin have greatly enriched the repertoire of 21st. Century concert music such as Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Ginastera, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Silvestre Revueltas, Miguel del Aguila or Arturo Marquez. Many of them are among the most performed composers of the 21st. Century.