He challenged the very idea of music by manipulating musical instruments to attain new sounds and became the "chance music."

Created a "prepared" piano, where screws and pieces of wood or paper were inserted between the piano strings to produce different percussive possibilities

It is a central figure in the realm of electronic music

" He pioneered and created new sounds that bordered between music and noise

The ability of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders, and loudspeakers to produce different sounds was is called

It is a style of music where composers seek to express emotional experience.

A composer who experienced Triskaidekaphobia (fear of number 13)

He was the principal exponent of the impressionist movement and the inspiration for other impressionist composers

"Father of the Modern School of Composition"

In music the composer can experiment with different sounds that cannot be produced by regular musical instruments such as the piano or the violin.

His musical compositions are characterized by: • an emphasis on timbre and rhythm; and • "organized sound" (certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together in order to capture a whole new definition of sound).

also known as Aleatoric music