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From Revolutionary to Normative: A Secret History of Dada and Surrealism in American Music
July 10, 2008 / By

Dada and surrealism exerted a pervasive influence on 20th-century music, especially on mid-century avant-garde composers based in New York—among them Edgard Varèse, Stefan Wolpe, John Cage, and Morton Feldman.