Music Sound

Sonorism is an approach to musical composition that focuses on the characteristics, quality, and texture of sound. This emphasis on sound is inherintly connected with a search for new types of sounds, and sonorism relies on experimenting with instruments to create novel playing techniques. As a movement, sonorism was initiated in the 1960s in the new avantgarde of Polish music.

Notable sonoristic composers

Grażyna Bacewicz
Tadeusz Baird
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Wojciech Kilar
Witold Lutosławski
Krzysztof Penderecki
Bogusław Schaeffer
Avet Terterian