Musical creativities in practice / Pamela Burnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnard, Pamela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Music)--Psychological aspects.

Composition (Music).

Creative ability--Psychological aspects.

Creative ability.

Music--Instruction and study.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores the social and the cultural contexts in which creativity in music occurs. It considers what constitutes creativity, taking a cross cultural view of music, and investigating creative processes far beyond just the classical music genre - including electronic media, popular music, and improvised music.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Advance Praise for Musical Creativities in Practice; Introduction; Part 1 The field of music; 1 Conceptions; 2 Myths; Part 2 Narratives of practice; 3 Originals bands; 4 Singer-songwriters; 5 DJ cultures; 6 Composed musics; 7 Improvised musics; 8 Interactive audio design; Part 3 The field of music in education; 9 A framework for understanding musical creativities; 10 Pedagogy and learning with musical creativities; Appendix A: Methodology and methods; Appendix B: Theory-understanding the thinking tools of Pierre Bourdieu

Appendix C: Supporting materialAppendix D: Top ten myths about children's musical creativities; References; Author Index; Subject Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-296) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-58174-4

0-19-162897-2

9786613894199

OCLC:

794777234