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Collective Improvisation and Instant Composition in Europe, 1960-1980

Collective Improvisation and Instant Composition in Europe, 1960-1980

Borio, Gianmario

Hardcover

Series: Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century

JazzMusic Reference

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 27, 2027

ISBN10: 1041149891
ISBN13: 9781041149897
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 27 2027
Pages: 208
Language: English

Gianmario Borio presents a comprehensive scholarly examination of European improvisation collectives that reveals how these groups developed distinctive approaches to spontaneous music-making during a transformative period in twentieth-century music.

Contributors offer insight into the musicians involved and their interrelationships, the contexts in which ensembles formed and operated, instrumental techniques and preparatory exercises, and the intersections of collective improvisation with the politics of the protest movements around 1968. Based on observations about the practices of the AMM, Globe Unity Orchestra, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Instant Composers Pool, Musica Elettronica Viva, New Phonic Art, and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, contributors develop theoretical perspectives on topics such as the relevance of freedom and democracy for music making, the multifarious forms of interaction among performers, the affordances of sounds and instruments, and the relationships between jazz culture and compositional aesthetics. As a whole, the volume provides contextual understanding as well as detailed musical analysis.

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