P/MD/31. Bachelor Dissertation. Avant Garde music: past, present and future

The aim of the dissertation is to examine historical trends and contemporary styles of avant garde music associated with modernism. The objective is to study current and former conceptions of production, composition, performance and audience in context with social issues (the Second World War, the Internet) and to determine whether the genre of avant garde music has exhausted its creative potential. Primary methods of research are used in analysisng the music by John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, LaMonte Young, Merzbow, Autechre, Cornelius, etc. A review of literature (Nyman, Katunyan, etc.) and Internet sources is given. In conclusion the hypotheses about the future development of avant garde music are proposed. An accompanying multimedia artefact is provided to demonstrate the avant gardes emphasis on the creative process and to illustrate the proposed hypotheses.