musique concrète: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	concrete music

Topics

musical composition parody serialism colour music instrumentation musical notation List of Unfinished Works 10 Classical Music Composers to Know oratorio mass hymn

Key People

Yoko Ono wearing a light-colored top hat, dark sunglasses, and a black suit jacket, standing in front of a colorful abstract background.

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and musician

Luciano Berio, 1970

Luciano Berio

Italian composer

Edgard Varèse

Edgard Varèse

American composer

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Pierre Schaeffer

French composer

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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