Questions tagged [xenakis]

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Why did Xenakis compose music that 'hurt' listeners?

I enjoy, and have no problems with: Xenakis's tonal pieces (Six chansons pour piano), or inharmonic pieces with percussion (Pléïades). most (Post)Modernist composers like The Second Viennese School, Ligeti, Messiaen, Penderecki. So this…
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What is Brutalist Music?

I enjoy, and have no problems with: Xenakis's tonal pieces (Six chansons pour piano), or inharmonic pieces with percussion (Pléïades). most (Post)Modernist composers like The Second Viennese School, Ligeti, Messiaen, Penderecki. Jan Swafford,…
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