Avant-Garde on Record

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The book explores the innovative contributions of avant-garde composers from the 1950s and 60s, emphasizing their interaction with records and recording technologies. It integrates perspectives from music history, cultural studies, and sound studies to reveal how contemporary audiences engaged with this music through the same consumer technology that popular music artists utilized. This analysis sheds light on the cultural significance of these composers in shaping modern listening experiences.