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dc.contributor.authorCobussen, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-04 11:08:49
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:26:00Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:26:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier637220
dc.identifierOCN: 1012401479en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31169
dc.description.abstractThe 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.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVA Theory of music and musicologyen_US
dc.subject.othercomplexity theories
dc.subject.othernew materialism
dc.subject.othermusic philosophy
dc.subject.othermusic ecology
dc.titleThe Field of Musical Improvisation
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.24415/9789400603011
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy276c53fd-5f1d-4065-9fce-9628863ddca8
oapen.relation.isbn9789400603011
oapen.identifier.ocn1012401479


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