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American experimental composers

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Frank Zappa
American musician (1940–1993)
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
Laurie Anderson
American artist and musician (born 1947)
Charles Ives
American modernist composer (1874–1954)
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)
Harry Partch
American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments
Morton Feldman
American composer (1926–1987)
Mike Patton
American singer
George Antheil
American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (1900–1959)
La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer (born 1935)
Diamanda Galás
American singer-songwriter
Henry Cowell
American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and musician (1932–2016)
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)
Lou Harrison
American composer (1917-2003)
Rhys Chatham
American composer
Christian Wolff
American composer and classicist (born 1934)
Ruth Crawford Seeger
American composer (1901-1953)
Alvin Lucier
American composer of experimental music and sound installations (1931–2021)
Carl Ruggles
American composer (1876-1971)
Wallingford Riegger
American music composer (1885–1961)
Joseph Nechvatal
American artist (born 1951)
Dan Deacon
American musician
Larry Austin
American composer (1930–2018)
John Fekner
American artist (born 1950)
Jacob Bannon
American singer
John Chowning
American composer and inventor of FM sound synthesis
Gordon Mumma
American composer
Tyondai Braxton
American musician
Leon Milo
American composer, percussionist and sound artist
Joseph Byrd
American musician (born 1937)
Louis and Bebe Barron
American pioneers of electronic music
Tui St. George Tucker
American composer (1924-2004)
Tod Dockstader
American composer (1932-2015)
Nicolas Collins
American composer