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Aleatory music, also called chance music, (aleatory from Latin alea, “dice”), 20th-century music in which chance or indeterminate elements are left for the performer to realize.
- What is aleatoric composition?
- What are the 3 keywords of aleatoric?
- Who is the most famous chance music composer?
What is aleatoric composition?
Aleatoric Music or Aleatoric Composition is music where some element of the composition is left to chance. The term was devised by the French composer Pierre Boulez to describe works where the performer was given certain liberties with regard to the order and repetition of parts of a musical work.
What are the 3 keywords of aleatoric?
From this point of view, indeterminate or chance music can be divided into three groups: (1) the use of random procedures to produce a determinate, fixed score, (2) mobile form, and (3) indeterminate notation, including graphic notation and texts.
Who is the most famous chance music composer?
Composer, John Cage, was a pioneer of what he referred to as "Indeterminacy." Indeterminacy is a composing technique where some aspects of a musical work are left open to chance or to the performer's choice.
