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Originally Posted by Seba Aethiad
Let me say that this is very difficult to do, what with being limited to a "top 5". I'm still not sure if I feel this best represents the top 5 musical innovators of all time, but it's what I've decided at this moment.
John Cage
Hildegard of Bingen
Louis Armstrong
Pierre Shaeffer
Cecil Taylor
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Good list. Hildegard's an interesting pick.
I didn't go back too far because "revolutionary" gets hard to define. I would say Beethoven was quite revolutionary for his celebration of secular passions in the 9th Symphony, "Ode to Joy."