Electronic art music

Electronic "art" music is a regrettably vague term for the formal and primarily academic branch of electronic music that is focused on extending musical capabilities through technology. Electronic art music suffers from naming difficulties similar to those associated with the terms "contemporary music" and "modern classical music" (modern music composed in the traditions of classical music.)

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Electronic music - Contemporary music - Modern classical music - Classical music

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When electronic techniques first came to be used for musical purposes, the experimental field was fully contained within the term "Electronic music". Many of these early electronic compositions drew widespread interest, but little enthusiasm. Beginning in the 1960s, however, electronic techniques and instruments were embraced by popular musicians, eventually leading to more mainstream styles that also came to be embraced under the umbrella of "electronic music". Although both forms are still referred to as "electronic music" by their respective adherents, the term "art music" is generally used to specify the less mainstream of the two branches.

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1960s - Art music

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