Extemporized or Memorized? Methods of Improvisation Across North American, Indian, and African Musical Traditions
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This work intends to explore the shared qualities and roles of improvisation in six different musical traditions throughout North America, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. Methods of literature review, transcription, and quotation analysis are used to construct an operating state of improvisation within each tradition. The application of improvisation was unique enough in each tradition that general claims could not be made, however connections were found between sub-elements of improvisations which may be made more robust upon analysis of a greater number of traditions. The contribution of new transcriptions and concentration of information regarding improvisation may assist musicologists in further pursuits of comparative analysis.
Item Description
Name(s)
Author: Anschell, Samuel
Thesis advisor: Charry, Eric
Date
April 15, 2019
Extent
82 pages
Language
eng
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Physical Form
electronic
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In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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PID
ir:27