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The practice of musical improvisation : dialogues with contemporary musical improvisers / edited by Bertrand Denzler and Jean-Luc Guionnet.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3838 .P94 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Improvisation (Music)--Psychological aspects.
- Improvisation (Music).
- Music--Performance--Psychological aspects.
- Music.
- Musicians--Interviews.
- Musicians.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- [First].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A range of 50 musical improvisers discuss the complex processes at work in their practice."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Starting an Improvisation
- The Mental State During an Improvisation
- Listening to the Other Musicians, the Human Factor, the Strategies
- Memory and Form
- Process vs. Aesthetic Result, Improvisation as a Tool to Make Music vs. Music as a Tool to Improvise, Improvisation vs. Composition
- Talking about Improvisation and Music in General
- Non-idiomatic Improvisation, Experimental Music, Genre Labels
- Silence and Dynamics
- Sounds as Material
- Instrument and Technique
- Solo improvisation
- The Concert Situation, the Audience, the Published Recordings
- Some Political Issues
- How I Came to Play This Music
- How I Listen to Music, the Music I Listen to, Some Hidden Hardens
- Miscellaneous
- List of the Musicians Interviewed
- An Ear for Discord: Improvise, They Say
- Diagrams.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: The practice of musical improvisation
- ISBN:
- 9781501349768
- 1501349767
- OCLC:
- 1105736119
- Publisher Number:
- 99983505285
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