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"Keyboard artists in the time of J.S. Bach were simultaneously performers, composers, and improvisers. Today, however, vanishingly few classically trained musicians can improvise with fluent, stylistic integrity. Many now question the system of training that leaves players depen…
"This book is for pianists who wish to improvise. Many will be experienced performers - perhaps even veteran concert artists - who are nevertheless beginners at improvisation. This contradiction is a reflection of our educational system. Those who attend collegiate music schools…
Despite its centrality in all human cultures and throughout human history, philosophy of mind and cognitive science have historically had very little to say about vernacular dance. Vernacular dances are cultural dances, the ones we do at parties, clubs, rituals, festivals, compe…
This dissertation examines acoustic jazz performances of recorded, post-1960 popular music, focusing on the compositional and improvisational transformations involved in these performances and how they configure the intertextual relationship between a jazz palimpsest and its sou…
This paper analyzes composer Aaron Cassidy’s 2014-2016 ensemble work The wreck of former boundaries, focusing on Cassidy’s compositional approach to sonically simulating interactive modes and sonic ideals featured prominently in mid-20th century recordings of free jazz artists s…
Improvisation is an art form which has arguably been present since the existence of music itself. Inventing music on the spot, like spontaneous speech, is a common expression of artistry throughout history and across musical boundaries. While improvisation has maintained its imp…
The complexity of Hélio Oiticica’s Parangolés poses a challenge to art historians. The multiplicity of the Parangolés’ iterations coupled with their unclear history make them hard to define, and consequently hard to put in dialogue with other aesthetic practices. As a performanc…
The technique of partimento developed in eighteenth-century Italy with the purpose of instructing students in improvisation, composition and general musical knowledge. Partimenti took the notational form of a single staff wherein a variety of clef changes could be employed. With…
The purpose of this collaborative inquiry (CI) dissertation study was to examine pedagogical strategies designed to open Western classical music to improvisation. Piano teacher-participants formed a collaborative inquiry cohort as co-researchers to design and implement pedagogic…
Gerald Joseph “Gerry” Mulligan (1927–96) was a highly acclaimed jazz musician in the twentieth century. One of relatively few to adopt baritone saxophone as his or her main instrument he had a nearly fifty-year-long career performing, writing, and leading bands. During his lifet…
