02168 am 22004093u 450 991022055900332120230621135901.094-006-0301-010.24415/9789400603011(CKB)3810000000213692(OAPEN)637220(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68258(EXLCZ)99381000000021369220181204d2017 uy engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe field of musical improvisation /Marcel CobussenLeiden University Press2017[Leiden] :Leiden University Press,2017.1 online resource (116 pages)9400602634 The central aim of this book is to present a new approach to “the field of musical improvisation” (FMI), a theory which understands improvisation as a nonlinear dynamic and complex system. The study provocatively argues that during an improvisation more actants are “at work” than musicians alone: space, acoustics, 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 and active than others in certain situations (periods, styles, cultures, as well as more singular circumstances). Therefore, the FMI theory will prove to be more than a theory dealing with improvisation “in general”. Rather, FMI emphasizes singularity: each improvisation thus yields a different network of actants and interactions, a unique configuration or assembly.Theory of music & musicologybicssccomplexity theoriesnew materialismmusic philosophymusic ecologyTheory of music & musicologyCobussen Marcel953396UkMaJRUBOOK9910220559003321The field of musical improvisation2155396UNINA