Subject: [AUDITORY] message for auditory list From: m.a.cobussen <"Dhr. Prof.dr. M.A. Cobussen "> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:31:57 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>------=_Part_84376_380528932.1507120317764 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FREE E-PUB: THE FIELD OF MUSICAL IMPROVISATION By Marcel Cobussen Download for free at http://oapen.org/search?identifier=3D637220 <http://oapen.org/search?identifier=3D637220> (Thanks to Leiden University Press and the Academy of Creative and Performi= ng Arts) The central aim of this e-pub is to present a new approach to =E2=80=9Cthe = field of musical improvisation=E2=80=9D (FMI), a theory which understands improvisat= ion as a nonlinear dynamic and complex system. The study argues that during an improvisation - and each music making contains elements of improvisation - = more actants are =E2=80=9Cat work=E2=80=9D than musicians alone: space, acoustic= s, 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 a= nd active than others in certain situations (periods, styles, cultures, as wel= l as more singular circumstances). Therefore, the FMI theory will prove to be mo= re than a theory dealing with improvisation =E2=80=9Cin general.=E2=80=9D Rath= er, FMI emphasizes singularity: each improvisation thus yields a different network of actants = and interactions, a unique configuration or assembly. ------=_Part_84376_380528932.1507120317764 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> <style type=3D"text/css">.mceResizeHandle {position: absolute;border: 1px = solid black;background: #FFF;width: 5px;height: 5px;z-index: 10000}.mceResi= zeHandle:hover {background: #000}img[data-mce-selected] {outline: 1px solid= black}img.mceClonedResizable, table.mceClonedResizable {position: absolute= ;outline: 1px dashed black;opacity: .5;z-index: 10000} </style></head><body style=3D"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 10p= t; "> =20 =20 =20 =20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"DefaultCxSpFirst"><strong>FREE E-PUB: <em>THE FIELD OF MUSIC= AL IMPROVISATION</em></strong></p>=20 <p class=3D"DefaultCxSpMiddle">By Marcel Cobussen</p>=20 <p class=3D"DefaultCxSpMiddle"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"DefaultCxSpMiddle"><strong>Download for free at </strong><a = target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://oapen.org/search?identifier=3D637220"><str= ong>http://oapen.org/search?identifier=3D637220</strong></a></p>=20 <p class=3D"DefaultCxSpLast">(Thanks to Leiden University Press and the = Academy of Creative and Performing Arts)</p>=20 <p class=3D"Pa1CxSpFirst"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"Pa1CxSpLast">The central aim of this e-pub is to present a n= ew approach to =E2=80=9Cthe field of musical improvisation=E2=80=9D (FMI), = a theory which understands improvisation as a nonlinear dynamic and complex= system. The study argues that during an improvisation - and each music mak= ing contains elements of improvisation - more actants are =E2=80=9Cat work= =E2=80=9D than musicians alone: space, acoustics, instruments, audience, te= chnicians, musical and socio-cultural backgrounds, technology, and the like= all play a significant role. However, not all of these actants determine e= very improvisation to the same extent; some are more prominent and active t= han others in certain situations (periods, styles, cultures, as well as mor= e singular circumstances). Therefore, the FMI theory will prove to be more = than a theory dealing with improvisation =E2=80=9Cin general.=E2=80=9D Rath= er, FMI emphasizes singularity: each improvisation thus yields a different = network of actants and interactions, a unique configuration or assembly.</p= >=20 <p> </p>=20 </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <div id=3D"ox-signature">   </div> =20 </body></html> ------=_Part_84376_380528932.1507120317764--