Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial…
Examples of contemporary music include Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, Folk, Hip-hop, Metal, Dance music, and Country music. All of these music genres were either formed or well explored in the 1940s and afterward.