Experimental music

Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. There is an overlap with avant-garde music. John Cage was a pioneer in experimental music and defined and gave credibility to the form.

Further reading

• John Cage, "Experimental Music" and "Experimental Music: Doctrine", in Silence (Wesleyan University Press, 1961)
• Michael Nyman, Experimental Music, Cage and Beyond (Cambridge University Press, 1974)
• Thomas B. Holmes, Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition (2002)