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avant-garde music

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avant-garde music

Summary

avant-garde music is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,589 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • avant-garde music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • avant-garde music is a type of art music[4].
  • January 1, 1945 marks the founding of avant-garde music[5].
  • avant-garde music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avant-garde music[6].
  • avant-garde music's partially coincident with is recorded as 20th-century classical music[7].
  • avant-garde music's partially coincident with is recorded as contemporary music[8].
  • avant-garde music's partially coincident with is recorded as Neue Musik[9].

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Definition and Type

avant-garde music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of art music[4].

Origins

January 1, 1945 marks the founding of avant-garde music[5].

Why It Matters

avant-garde music ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,589 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . musicbrainz.org. musicbrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → 20th-century classical music, contemporary music, Neue Musik
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → art music
    Instance of → music genre
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549077905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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