Danger music
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Danger music is an experimental form of avant-garde 20th and 21st century music. It is based on the concept that some pieces of music can or will harm either the listener or the performer. Since the performances must nearly always be canceled before they can be performed, danger music can also be thought of more as a form of noise music. For example Takehisa Kosugi’s composition Music for a Revolution[1] directs the performer to gouge out one of his or her eyes five years from now. Works such as this are also sometimes referred to as anti-music because they seem to rebel against the concept of music itself. Danger music is often closely associated with the Fluxus school of composition, especially the work of Dick Higgins who composed a series of works entitled Danger Music.
Further reading
- Cope, David Techniques of the Contemporary Composer (ISBN 0-02-864737-8)
- Friedman, Ken The Fluxus Reader (ISBN 0-47-197858-2)
- Higgins, Hannah Fluxus Experience (ISBN 0-52-022867-7)
- Nyman, Michael Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (ISBN 0-52-165383-5)
See also
- Sonic weapon
- 20th century classical music
- Contemporary music
- Experimental music
- Noise music
- Chris Burden
