TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cobussen, Marcel
AB  - The central aim of this book is to present a new approach to “the field of musical improvisation” (FMI), a theory which understands improvisation as a nonlinear dynamic and complex system. The study provocatively argues that during an improvisation more actants are “at work” than musicians alone: space, acoustics, instruments, audience, technicians, musical and socio-cultural backgrounds, technology, and the like all play a significant role. However, not all of these actants determine every improvisation to the same extent; some are more prominent and active than others in certain situations (periods, styles, cultures, as well as more singular circumstances). Therefore, the FMI theory will prove to be more than a theory dealing with improvisation “in general”. Rather, FMI emphasizes singularity: each improvisation thus yields a different network of actants and interactions, a unique configuration or assembly.
DO  - 10.24415/9789400603011
ID  - OAPEN ID: 637220
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1012401479
KW  - complexity theories
KW  - new materialism
KW  - music philosophy
KW  - music ecology
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/aaecdd0f-d66b-452e-a8d0-2e542415d7bd/637220.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31169
PB  - Leiden University Press
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9789400603011
TI  - The Field of Musical Improvisationnull
ER  - 
