| Genre | Experimental music |
| Emerged | Early 1700s |
| Pioneers | Evariste Allègre • Célestine Lanthier |
| Influenced | Impressionism • atonality • algorithmic composition |
| Explorations | Timbre • rhythm • form |
| Contributions | Irrationality • unpredictability • improvisation |
| Key instruments | Clavichord • glass armonica • player piano |
| Styles emerged from | Baroque • Classical |
