70 Works Indispensable to the Existence of Modern Avant-garde and Experimental Music                                                                                                                                                                     

The works herein are the historically crucial works of musical modernism. No quality valuation other than importance is implied. Most of these works, however, are of high quality; many other high quality works are excluded for reasons of their relatively lower historical importance.)

Antheil, George                      Ballet Mecanique – (orig. 1924 version)

Ashley, Robert                       The Wolfman

Bartók, Béla                           String Quartet No. 4; Miraculous Mandarin; Piano Concerto No. 2;

                                                Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Berg, Alban                            Lyric Suite; Chamber Concerto; Violin Concerto; Wozzeck

Boulez, Pierre                         Le Marteau sans Maître

Cage, John                              Cartridge Music; Atlas Eclipticalis; Sonatas and Interludes

Chavez, Carlos                        Xochipili Macuilxochitl

Chou, Wen-Chung                  Pien

Cowell, Henry                         The Banshee

Debussy, Claude                     Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Jeux; 4 Preludes

Dlugoszewski, Lucia               Fire Fragile Flight

Estrada, Julio                          yuuno’hui’se’ome’jei’nahui; Miqi’nahual; ishini’ioni; Pedro Páramo

Feldman, Morton                    Durations

Grisey, Gerard                       L’Icone Paradoxale (Hommage à Piero della Francesca)

Hába, Alois                             Matka (Mother)

Janácek, Leos                        Sinfonietta

Lachenmann, Helmut             Gran Torso

Ligeti, György                         Atmospheres

Lucier, Alvin                           Vespers; Music for a Solo Performer

Mahler, Gustav                       Symphony No. 9; Adagio – Symphony No. 10

Mumma, Gordon                    Hornpipe

Nancarrow, Conlon                 Studies for Player Piano

Neuwirth, Olga                       Vampyrotheone

Nono, Luigi                             Prometeo; …a floresta è jovem e cheja de Vida

Partch, Harry                          Castor & Pollux

Prokofiev, Serge                     Scythian

Ravel, Maurice                       Trois Poèmes de Stephanie Mallarmé

Revueltas, Silvestre               Sensemaya

Russolo, Luigi                        Risveglio di una Citta

Scavarda, Donald                   Matrix for Clarinetist

Scelsi, Giacinto                       Quattro Pezzi (Orch)

Schnebel, Dieter                    …für Stimmen, Missa Est…; Coralvorspiel I/II

Schönberg, Arnold                  Pierrot Lunaire; Five Pieces for Orchestra; Erwartung; Moses und Aron

Stockhausen, Karlheinz          Nr. 5 Zeitmässe; Kontakte

Stravinsky, Igor                      Petrouchka; Le Sacred du Printemps; Les Noces

Tone, Yasunao                        Wounded Manyo

Ustvolskaya, Galina                Symphony No. 4 – “Prayer”

Varèse, Edgard                       Ionisation; Déserts

Webern, Anton                       Five Pieces for Orchestra; Symphonie

Xenakis, Iannis                       Metastasis; Pithoprakta; Nomos Alpha; Gendy 3

Yoshihide, Otomo                   Anode 4; Turntable Solo

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