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21st-century classical music is art music, in the contemporary classical tradition, that has been produced since the year 2000. Some elements of the previous century have been retained, including post-modernism, polystylism and eclecticism, which seek to incorporate elements of all styles of music irrespective of whether these are "classical" or not—these efforts represent a slackening differentiation between the various musical genres. The combination of classical music and multimedia is a notable practice in the 21st century; the Internet, alongside its related technology, are important resources in this respect. The number of important female composers has also increased. ==Music in the 21st century== For its October 2009 edition, the BBC Music Magazine asked 10 composers, mostly British, to discuss the latest trends in western classical music. The consensus was that no particular style is favoured and that individuality is to be encouraged. The magazine interviewed Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Nyman, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Henri Dutilleux, John Adams, James MacMillan, Jonathan Harvey, Julian Anderson, John Tavener, and Roxanna Panufnik. The works of each of these composers represent different aspects of the music of this century but these composers all came to the same basic conclusion: music is too diverse to categorise or limit. In his interview with the magazine, Dutilleux argued that "there is only good or bad music, whether serious or popular". Anderson, a British composer, combines the music of traditional cultures from outside the western concert tradition with elements of modernism, spectral music and electronic music. His large-scale ''Book of Hours'' for 20 players and live electronics premiered in 2005. Tavener, another British composer, draws his inspiration from eastern mysticism and the music of the Orthodox Church. Nyman is an English minimalist best known for his film score for ''The Piano''. He often borrows from Baroque music and is an acclaimed composer of operas, including (in this century) ''Facing Goya'' and ''Sparkie''. The latter work draws its inspiration from a talking budgie. His shorter works often written for his own Michael Nyman Band. Often styled the "Father of New Complexity", English composer Brian Ferneyhough has recently started writing works which reference those of past composers. His ''Dum transisset'' are based on Elizabethan composer Christopher Tye's works for viol; the fourth string quartet references Schönberg. His opera ''Shadowtime'' (libretto by Charles Bernstein), which premiered in Munich in 2004, is based on the life of the German philosopher Walter Benjamin. Rautavaara is a Finnish composer writing in a variety of forms and styles. His opera ''Rasputin'' premiered in 2003 and he has written a large—and rapidly growing—body of orchestral and chamber works. Active from the mid-1940s until his death in 2013, the French composer Dutilleux followed the Impressionist and Neoclassical tradition of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Albert Roussel. His last works include ''Correspondances'' and ''Le temps l'horloge'', both of which are song cycles. John Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known recent works include ''On the Transmigration of Souls'' (2002), a choral piece commemorating the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2003) and ''Doctor Atomic'' (2005), which covers Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the building of the first atomic bomb. In October 2008, Adams told BBC Radio 3 that he had been blacklisted by the U.S. Homeland Security department and immigration services. MacMillan is a Scottish composer and conductor influenced by both traditional Scottish music and his own Roman Catholic faith. His most recent works include operas (''The Sacrifice'' premiered in 2007) and a ''St John Passion'' (2008). Harvey, a British composer, was Composer-in-Association with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 2005 to 2008. His 21st-century works include the large-scale cantata ''Mothers Shall not Cry'' (2000), written for the BBC Proms Millennium, and the orchestral works ''Body Mandala'' (2006) and ''Speakings'' (2008).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jonathan Harvey - composer )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「21st-century classical music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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