The Pedagogical Use of Improvisation in Western Art Music

abstract: ABSTRACT Improvisation, or extemporization, has always played an important role in all genres of music across the globe. In Western art music alone, improvisation has been used in many settings throughout history, such as composition, public extemporization, and ornamenting existing nota...

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Other Authors: Breadon, Thomas Mark (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.36406