Musical improvisation : art, education, and society

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Musical improvisation : art, education, and society

edited by Gabriel Solis and Bruno Nettl

University of Illinois Press, c2009

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-347) and index

Contents of Works

  • Society. Jazz as political and musical practice / Ingrid Monson
  • John Cage and improvisation : an unresolved relationship / Sabine M. Feisst
  • When traditional improvisation is prohibited : contemporary Ukrainian funeral laments and burial practices / Natalie Kononenko
  • The juncture between creation and re-creation among Indonesian reciters of the Qur'an / Anne K. Rasmussen
  • Genius, improvisation, and the narratives of jazz history / Gabriel Solis
  • Formulas and improvisation in participatory music / Thomas Turino
  • Education. Learning to improvise music, improvising to learn music / Patricia Shehan Campbell
  • Improvising Mozart / Robert Levin
  • Keyboard improvisation in the baroque period / Charlotte Mattax Moersch
  • Beyond the improvisation class : learning to improvise in a university jazz studies program / John P. Murphy
  • On learning the radif and improvisation in Iran / Bruno Nettl
  • Hindustani sitar and jazz guitar music : a foray into comparative improvology / Stephen Slawek
  • Musical improvisation in the modern dance class : techniques and approaches in fulfilling a multi-layered role / John Toenjes
  • Creation. Representations of music making / Stephen Blum
  • Improvisation and related terms in middle-period jazz / Lawrence Gushee
  • Opening the museum window : improvisation and its inscribed values in canonic works by Chopin and Schumann / Robert S. Hatten
  • Improvisation in Beethoven's creative process / William Kinderman
  • Why do they improvise? Reflections on meaning and experience / Ali Jihad Racy
  • Preluding at the piano / Nicholas Temperley

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Description

"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor emeritus of music, York University 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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix Bruno NettlIntroduction 1 Gabriel Solis PART ONE: SOCIETY 1. Jazz as Political and Musical Practice 21 Ingrid Monson 2. John Cage and Improvisation: An Unresolved Relationship 38 Sabine M. Feisst 3. When Traditional Improvisation Is Prohibited: Contemporary Ukrainian Funeral Laments and Burial Practices 52 Natalie Kononenko 4. The Juncture between Creation and Re-creation among Indonesian Reciters of the Qur'an 72 Anne K. Rasmussen 5. Genius, Improvisation, and the Narratives of Jazz History 90 Gabriel Solis 6. Formulas and Improvisation in Participatory Music 103 Thomas Turino PART TWO: EDUCATION 7. Learning to Improvise Music, Improvising to Learn Music 119 Patricia Shehan Campbell 8. Improvising Mozart 143 Robert Levin 9. Keyboard Improvisation in the Baroque Period 150 Charlotte Mattax Moersch 10. Beyond the Improvisation Class: Learning to Improvise in a University Jazz Studies Program 171 John P. Murphy 11. On Learning the Radif and Improvisation in Iran 185 Bruno Nettl 12. Hindustani Sitar and Jazz Guitar Music: A Foray into Comparative Improvology 200 Stephen Slawek 13. Musical Improvisation in the Modern Dance Class: Techniques and Approaches in Fulfilling a Multi-Layered Role 221 John Toenjes PART THREE: CREATION 14. Representations of Music Making 239 Stephen Blum 15. Improvisation and Related Terms in Middle-Period Jazz 263 Lawrence Gushee 16. Opening the Museum Window: Improvisation and Its Inscribed Values in Canonic Works by Chopin and Schumann 281 Robert S. Hatten 17. Improvisation in Beethoven's Creative Process 296 William Kinderman 18. Why Do They Improvise? Reflections on Meaning and Experience 313 Ali Jihad Racy 19. Preluding at the Piano 323 Nicholas Temperley Contributors 343 Index 349

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