Musical Creativity Strategies and Tools in Composition and Improvisation /

This book represents a new approach to musical creativity, dealing with the semiotics, mathematical principles, and software for creativity processes. After a thorough introduction, the book offers a first practical part with a detailed tutorial for students in composition and improvisation, using m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mazzola, Guerino (Author), Park, Joomi (Author), Thalmann, Florian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
Series:Computational Music Science,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • Chap. 1 What the Book Is About
  • Chap. 2 Oniontology
  • Part II Practice
  • Chap. 3 The Tutorial
  • Chap. 4 Leitfaden
  • Chap. 5 The General Method of Creativity
  • Chap. 6 Getting off the Ground
  • Chap. 7 Motivational Aspects
  • Chap. 8 Rhythmical Aspects
  • Chap. 9 The Pitch Aspect
  • Chap. 10 The Harmonic Aspect
  • Chap. 11 Melodic Aspects
  • Chap. 12 The Contrapuntal Aspect
  • Chap. 13 Instrumental Aspects
  • Chap. 14 Large Form Aspects
  • Chap. 15 Community Aspects
  • Chap. 16 Commercial Aspects
  • Chap. 17 Dodecaphonic Aspects
  • Part III Theory
  • Chap. 18 Principles of Creative Pedagogy
  • Chap. 19 Material
  • Chap. 20 Historical Principles
  • Chap. 21 Present Principles
  • Chap. 22 Our Principles
  • Chap. 23 First Examples
  • Chap. 24 Psychological Perspectives
  • Chap. 25 Software
  • Chap. 26 Composition and Improvisation
  • Part IV Case Studies
  • Chap. 27 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Op109: Six Variations
  • Chap. 28 Beethoven’s Op109: Improvisational Aspects
  • Chap. 29 Our CD
  • Chap. 30 Boulez: Structures Recomposed
  • Chap. 31 The Escher Theorem
  • Part V Future Perspectives
  • Chap. 32 Is There a General Scheme for Creativity?
  • Chap. 33 The Balanced Dancing Performer
  • References
  • Bibliography.