1st Edition
The Imagination of Experiences Musical Invention, Collaboration, and the Making of Meanings
By Alan Taylor
Copyright 2021
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
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Aimed at lay, student, and academic readers alike, this book concerns the imagination and, specifically, imagination in music. It opens with a discussion of the invalidity of the idea of the creative genius and the connected view that ideas originate just in the individual mind. An alternative view of the imaginative process is then presented, that ideas spring from a subconscious dialogue... Read more
Introduction
1. The redundant genius, who won’t lie down and die
2. The musical imagination as dialogue
3. Sharing imaginations
4. Making musical meanings: the imaginative listener
Biography
After a career as a geography academic, civil servant, local government officer, and political activist, Alan Taylor turned to music halfway through life and has since gained a PhD on the subject of the musical imagination. He is an active community musician, conducting two ensembles, performing in others, and directing the Herne Hill Music Festival.
