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In the course of performance : studies in the world of musical improvisation / edited by Bruno Nettl with Melinda Russell - viii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

An art neglected in scholarship -- Recognizing improvisation -- Psychological constraints on improvisational expertise and communication -- Do Javanese gamelan musicians really improvise? -- Improvisation, ecstasy, and performance dynamics in Arabic music -- Go on, girl!:Improvisation in African-American girls' singing games -- Improvisation in Latin American dance music: history and style -- Oh freedom: George Russel, John Coltrane, and modal jazz -- Exploding the belly: improvisation in Cantonese opera -- Melodic improvisation in Karṇāṭak music: the manifestations of Rāga -- Setting the stage: Clara Schumann's preludes -- A sense of the possible: Miles Davies and the semiotics of improvised performance -- The improvisation of Louis Armstrong -- Keeping it going: terms, practices, and processes of improvisation in Hindustānī instrumental music -- Taqsim Nahawand revisited: the musicianship of Jihad Racy / Bruno Nettl / Stephen Blum / Jeff Pressing / R. Anderson Sutton / Ali Jihad Racy / Eve Harwood / Peter Manuel / Ingrid Monson --Improvisation and group interaction in Italian lyrical singing / Tulla Magrini / Sau Y. Chan / T. Viswanathan and Jody Cormack / Valerie Woodring Goertzen / Chris Smith / Lawrence Gushee / Stephen Slawek / Bruno Nettl and Ronald Riddle

"This volume presents several studies of musical improvisation in a number of cultures and repertories using a variety of approaches."-- Introduction pg. 1

ISBN: 0226574105 9780226574103 0226574113 9780226574110

LCCN: 98003640

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Improvisation (Music)
Ethnomusicology
Ethnology
Musicology

LC Class. No.: ML430.7 / .I47 1998