| Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society Contributor(s): Solis, Gabriel (Author), Nettl, Bruno (Editor), Blum, Stephen (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0252076540 ISBN-13: 9780252076541 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Composition - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - General |
| Dewey: 781.36 |
| LCCN: 2008050474 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A musical practice used for centuries the world over, improvisation too often has been dismissed as either technically undissectible or inexplicably mysterious. Approaching musical improvisation from the fields of ethnomusicology, education, performance, historical musicology, and music theory, the contributors to this volume delve into diverse topics such as the creative minds of Mozart and Beethoven, the place of improvised musics in Western and non-Western societies, and the development of jazz as a musical and cultural phenomenon. Contributors are Stephen Blum, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Sabine M. Feisst, Lawrence Gushee, Robert S. Hatten, William Kinderman, Natalie Kononenko, Robert Levin, Charlotte Mattax Moersch, Ingrid Monson, John P. Murphy, Bruno Nettl, A. Jihad Racy, Anne K. Rasmussen, Stephen Slawek, Gabriel Solis, Nicholas Temperley, John Toenjes, and Thomas Turino. |
