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> dissonant harmonies, inhuman rhythms and charmless sound patterns

If one wanted to check those, what are some of those horrific modern compositions?

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here are some of the better known 'inhumane' pieces, all from the post-war European modernists, which I all like a lot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adfpLuk0-MY (Klavierstueck ix by Stockhausen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceXWHdFZdqA (Pli selon pli by Boulez)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWlwCRlVh7M (Athmosphere by Ligeti)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1XSmiGO3XE (Sinfonia by Berio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZazYFchLRI (Metastasis by Xenakis)

And a more recent work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TKoN_HYJBg (La commedia by Andriessen)

Having skipped through all of those, I do indeed not like most ;) La commedia was acceptable, but still too calm for me (my main genres are folk rock and metal, sometimes grindcore and noise).

Sinfonia by Berio, though, is what I will now spend half an hour listening to, because the glimpses I got were amazing.

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Probably referring to Györgi Ligeti -- IMO one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Or more generally to the post WWII Avant Garde: Ligeti, Boulez, Stockhausen, Berio.

Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrJmxy4q3A

About his technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropolyphony

Excerpted in the 2001 score at the scene where the hominids confront the Monolith.

I don't play or sing any music, so sometimes I'm in awe of a piece but I can't figure out how it works.

At first I thought I was hearing something that required instruments with access to arbitrary pitches within their range, such as voice, violin, or trombone, but then I saw the flutes and that guess had to be rejected.

This 'Requiem' is amazing.

Edit to add: a technical problem on my end had me finally hearing the audio at about 5:00, not realizing how the piece had played out prior to that. In case anyone is puzzled.

Not quite my style, but what an impressive piece, it’s giving me goose bumps. I might have to save that for when I’m in the mood for something like it.

That massively depends on whom you ask. Karl-Heinz Stockhausen often is mentioned in this context - but that guy is an acquired taste, and the older I get, the more I like his work. Morton Feldman is also a household name, which I personally find compositionally uninteresting.

Then there's harmonic chant, an American composer David Hykes.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7DCiqr-NKC1Ok9mBQICCl...

I got really into this technique for a while, and now the kids these days think it's a joke. Oh well. It was different and fun.

It's an internet meme, but it illustrates it pretty well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjc-WqFo5I

(fwiw, I really liked Blackwood's Microtonal Etudes)

Heh, there are some that remind me of progressive rock ;) It does actually show the range quite well, I might have to check out some mentioned names.

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