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Antecedents

Published: Nov. 10, 2018, 4 a.m.

There\u2019s a subsection of contemporary music called \u2018Musical  Historicism;\u2019 a genre of music that uses historical elements and revives  them in modern works.

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From Minimalism to Totalism, Modernism to Post-Modernism to  Neomodernism; we\u2019re taking a look at pieces that influence contemporary  compositions, either to mimic the past or to be the antithesis.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\nProduced by Dan Goldberg

\nMusic\n

A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky by Charles Wuorinen
\n London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen, conductor
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\nConcerto for Orchestra by Luciano Berio
\n Orchestre National de France; New Swingle Singers; Pierre Boulez, conductor

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Absolute Jest by John Adams
\n San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor