The Lived Experience of Improvisation
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The Lived Experience of Improvisation
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Improvisation is crucial to a wide range of artistic activities - most prominently, perhaps, in music, but extending to other fields of experience such as literature and pedagogy. Yet it gets short shrift in both appreciation and analysis of art within education. This is in no small part due to our tendency to view the world in fixed categories ...
Improvisation is crucial to a wide range of artistic activities—most prominently, perhaps, in music, but extending to other fields of experience such as literature and pedagogy. Yet it gets short shrift in both appreciation and analysis of art within education. This is in no small part due to our tendency to view the world in fixed categories and structures that belie our ability to generate creative, groundbreaking responses within and between those structures.
The Lived Experience of Improvisation draws on an analysis of interviews with highly regarded improvisers, including Roscoe Mitchell, Pauline Oliveros, and George Lewis. Simon Rose also exploits his own experience as a musician and teacher, making a compelling case for bringing back improvisation from the margins. He argues that improvisation is a pervasive aspect of being human and that it should be at the heart of our teaching and understanding of the world.
Series: Contemporary Music Making and Learning
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Praised as "an important contribution to this growing field of study" by Nick Sorensen of Bath Spa University, the book offers a "rich and rewarding" exploration of improvisation, according to Andy Hamilton at The Wire. It is noted as "a tremendous resource" suitable for institutional music courses, particularly at the post-secondary level, providing fresh, ethnomusicological perspectives that expand and revitalise traditional improvisation literature for both academic and general readers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781783206735
Publisher: Intellect
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 431g
Pages: 261
About the Author
Simon Rose is a musician, author and researcher from London, England based in Berlin, Germany. He performs on baritone and alto saxophones in numerous collaborations and as soloist. He also collaborates beyond music with dancers, visual artists, mixed media, built instruments, site specific performance and more. His research interest is in creative processes.
https://www.simonrose.org/
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