The Field of Musical Improvisation
dc.contributor.author | Cobussen, Marcel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-01 23:55:55 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-04 11:08:49 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-01T13:26:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-01T13:26:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier | 637220 | |
dc.identifier | OCN: 1012401479 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31169 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVA Theory of music and musicology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | complexity theories | |
dc.subject.other | new materialism | |
dc.subject.other | music philosophy | |
dc.subject.other | music ecology | |
dc.title | The Field of Musical Improvisation | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.24415/9789400603011 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9789400603011 | |
oapen.identifier.ocn | 1012401479 |