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Avant-Garde


1986 Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64

1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems

1936 Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie

1927 Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme

1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician

1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City


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