Noah Creshevsky

American composer Noah Creshevsky coined the term hyperrealism to describe his musical language and aesthetic. His work incorporated sounds and samples taken from everyday life, including bits of dialogue, music, and ambient sounds, arranged in an exaggerated, frequently cartoonish or humorous manner. He utilized familiar elements of pop culture, recontextualizing them and often editing them into brief jolts of sound, but rarely altering them beyond recognition. He also stressed the importance of drawing from wide sonic palettes, including Western as well as non-Western traditions. His works are far from predictable or conventional and are frequently surprising, even exciting. Creshevsky also taught at several institutions, including Brooklyn College, Juilliard, and Princeton University.