Do you know the definition of contemporary music..??

In the broadest and popular sense, Contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. This could include any kind of present music. However in the strict historical and musicological terminology, the term Contemporary music exclusively refers to the modern forms of art music, this includes:

The post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern[1] (including serial music, Concrete music, experimental music, atonal music,etc.)
In a more restricted sense it may only include the most recent forms of this music:

Contemporary classical music (post-1975)[2] (including post-modern music, Spectral music, minimalist music, etc.)
In a much less restricted sense the term contemporary is sometimes used to refer to certain generational trends in music.[3] The pop era of the late 80's early 90's, though contemporary in its day, would no longer be considered contemporary in the 21st century. With the rapid growth of indie labels, the music industry has grown exponentially over the last 5 years introducing genres never before heard of. Thus contemporary music can easily be defined by current market trends.


Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism.[1] However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music from the death of Anton Webern[2] (including serial music, Concrete music, experimental music, etc.)

At the beginning of the 20th century, composers of classical music were experimenting with an increasingly dissonant pitch language, which sometimes yielded atonal pieces. Following World War I, as a backlash against what they saw as the excesses of Romanticism, composers adopted a neoclassic style, which sought to recapture the elegance and emotional distance of the classical era[3]; see also New Objectivity and Social Realism). After World War II, modernist composers sought to achieve greater levels of control in their composition process (e.g., through the use of the twelve tone technique and later total serialism). At the same time, conversely, composers also experimented with means of abdicating control, exploring indeterminacy or aleatoric processes in smaller or larger degrees.[4] Technological advances led to the birth of electronic music.[5] Experimentation with tape loops and repetitive textures contributed to the advent of minimalism.[6] Still other composers started exploring the theatrical potential of the musical performance (performance art, mixed media, fluxus).[7]