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Collective Improvisation and Instant Composition in Europe, 1960-1980 book cover

1st Edition

Collective Improvisation and Instant Composition in Europe, 1960-1980

Edited By Gianmario Borio Copyright 2027
208 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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,... Read more

Introduction: Musical Improvisation in Europe: Key Concepts and Hermeneutical Procedures (Gianmario Borio), 1. "Before the Revolution". New Music and the Rise of European Improvisers' Communities (1965–1970) (Veniero Rizzardi), 2. Democratisation or Innovation? Improvisation, Instant Composition, and the Limits of Solidarity (Floris Schuiling), 3. Social Aspects and Aesthetics Conceptions in German Improvised Music (Kai Lothwesen), 4. New Phonic Art and the Parisian Improvisation Scenes After World War II (Sabine Feisst), 5. Proximity and Distance Between Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza and Other Improvisation Groups (1965–1967) (Maurizio Farina), 6. Searching and Reflecting on the Practice of Spontaneous Music Ensemble (Valentina Bertolani), 7. The Good Old-Fashioned Avant-garde of the 1970s. Old Fashioned by Giancarlo Schiaffini (Vincenzo Caporaletti), 8. Analyzing Interaction in Free Improvisation: A Case Study from Musica Elettronica Viva (Marc E. Hannaford), 9. Sounds at Hand. Some Observations on Instrumental Agency in Experimental Improvisation (Ingrid Pustijanac), Index

Biography

Gianmario Borio is a Professor at the University of Pavia and Giorgio Cini Foundation, Italy.

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