Musical Improvisation
Art, Education, and Society
Gabriel Solis author Bruno Nettl editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:24th Jul '09
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£112.00(9780252034626)
Diverse perspectives and alternate takes on musical improvisation
"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.
"Valuable not only to researchers but also to performers, who will find their minds opened to how music different from their own can help them improvise better in their chosen genre. . . . Recommended."--Choice
"A goldmine of information ... that is relevant to the amateur and scholar alike."--Ethnomusicology
"An impressive and often sophisticated collection of essays. . . . it certainly constitutes a welcome addition to the field."--The World of Music
"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
ISBN: 9780252076541
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
Weight: 567g
376 pages