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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 152. Chapters: Frank Zappa, John Cage, Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Captain Beefheart, David Tudor, Morton Feldman, La Monte Young, Iannis Xenakis, Mike Patton, Demetrio Stratos, Jerry Calliste, Jr., Merzbow, Joseph Nechvatal, Roberto Paci Dalo, Edgard Varese, Petri Kuljuntausta, Louis and Bebe Barron, Robert William Witt, Antonio Buonomo, Anthony Braxton, Juan Maria Solare, Cornelius Cardew, Merrill Leroy Ellis, Rhys Chatham, Gareth Loy, Joseph Byrd, Pauline Oliveros, Marc Sabat, Max Neuhaus, Alvin Lucier, Andi Spicer, Simon Wickham-Smith, Henry Flynt, Hauke Harder, Luigi Russolo, Gavin Bryars, Christian Marclay, Graham Bowers, Kyle Bobby Dunn, Christian Wolff, Jonathan Segel, Marco Oppedisano, Howard Stelzer, Georg Klein, Brice Catherin, Dimitri Voudouris, Joe Jones, Mira Calix, Paul DeMarinis, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Michalis Travlos, Andre Almuro, Julia Tsenova, Max Richter, Ernesto Rodrigues, Hermann Nitsch, Matteo Marchisano-Adamo, Chris Newman, Ryoji Ikeda, Thanasis Kaproulias, Donald Knaack, John Chowning, David Strother, Ellsworth Snyder, Andrew Rahman, Christian Zanesi, Nicolas Collins, Philip Krumm, Claudio Maldonado, Tod Dockstader, Erwin Redl, Andrew Deutsch, Tyondai Braxton, Sollers Osaka, Daniel James Wolf, Gareth Williams, Jacob Isaacson, Catherine Christer Hennix, Michael Pisaro, Barney Childs, Friedhelm Dohl, Richard Maxfield, Dave Smith, Rune Lindblad, Gordon Mumma, Ron Kuivila, Marc Broude, Palle Mikkelborg, Andrew Culver, Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, Alen Ilijic, Antonio Russolo, Lawrence Chandler. Excerpt: Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 - December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between...