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contemporary classical music

post-1945 period in classical music
Class type of: modern classical music Q612024

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
music genre
Inception
1945[5]
Follows
modern classical music[3]
Subclass of
modern classical music
Country of origin
Europe[4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]
Partially coincident with
contemporary music[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en contemporary classical music en contemporary classical ar موسيقى معاصرة ar موسيقى كلاسيكية معاصرة cs soudobá vážná hudba da samtidsmusik de zeitgenössische klassische Musik el σύγχρονη κλασσική μουσική es musica clasica contemporanea es musica academica contemporanea es música académica contemporánea es música clásica contemporánea es musica contemporanea es música contemporánea fa موسیقی کلاسیک معاصر fi nykymusiikki fi nykytaidemusiikki fi uusi musiikki fr musique contemporaine fr Musique contemporaine
🔖 Identifiers · 17
OpenAlex ID
C547724660
BBC Things ID
fe8ab399-cbcb-4923-9e7c-4de79b5def80
Discogs style ID
contemporary
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
musique-contemporaine-vue-d-ensemble
Every Noise at Once ID
contemporaryclassical
Freebase ID
/m/01wtlq, /m/02vk83g
ITunes genre ID (archived)
8.3k (1.9k–100k, n=3)
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
contemporary-music
KBpedia ID
ContemporaryClassicalMusic
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
547724660
MusicBrainz genre ID
a190bb32-e0a7-4c56-b142-5cf9cfcfa713
NDL Authority ID
00562323
Show all 17 identifiers +5
Quora topic ID
Contemporary-Classical-Music
Topic's main category
Category:Contemporary classical music
Vikidia article ID
fr:Musique_contemporaine
YSO ID
12257
Yandex Music genre ID
modern

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🔗 Connections
← Genre 143
John Williams, Arvo Pärt, Billy Joel, Jerry Goldsmith, Iannis Xenakis, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Wojciech Kilar, Kate Miller-Heidke +135 more
← Field of work 8
Wojciech Kilar, Kronos Quartet, Unsuk Chin, Antoine Duhamel, Jörg Widmann, Eitetsu Hayashi, Philippe Hurel, Aurora
← Movement 2
Joan Guinjoan, Pierre Jodlowski
Country of origin 1
Europe
Instance of 1
music genre
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Partially coincident with 1
contemporary music
Subtypes 1
electroacoustic music
Topic's main category 1
Category:Contemporary classical music
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Contemporary classical music
← Main subject 1
Living Music Database
← Partially coincident with 1
contemporary music
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Summary

contemporary classical music is a music genre[1]. It is a type of modern classical music[2].

Related Entities

Arvo Pärt Billy Joel Chun-yien Chang Einojuhani Rautavaara Iannis Xenakis Jerry Goldsmith John Williams Kate Miller-Heidke Lašan Brušperk Morton Feldman musicAeterna One Voice Mixed Chorus Polifonica Pievese Terry Riley Valentyn Sylvestrov Wojciech Kilar

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|19 */ YSO ID: 12257, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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