Visions and Decisions

Imagination and Technique in Music Composition

Bruce Adolphe (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

82 Seiten

2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-35050-1 (ISBN)

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This Element investigates the balance and interaction of imagination (visions) and technique (decisions) in the composition of music. It examines how works start from visions in a range of music, comparing musical ideas and techniques to models in other creative disciplines.

This Element investigates the balance and interaction of imagination (visions) and technique (decisions) in the composition of music and includes current scientific research on dreams, the hypnagogic state, emotions, and feelings. It also includes thoughts of composers past and present, and examines how works start from visions in a range of music, comparing musical ideas and techniques to models in other creative disciplines. The Element elucidates aspects of musical discourse by imagining how Haydn, Mozart, and other composers would order falafel for takeout. This unorthodox approach emphasizes parallels between music and theater that are central to this Element.

1. A roundtrip ticket to Hypnagogia; 2. The big vision: a whole work; 3. Music about music; 4. A personal voice; 5. Press any key to start; 6. MacGuffins and falafel platters: subject and syntax; 7. Gardens, wilderness, and dreamscapes; 8. Heart and mind work together, always; 9. Coda; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.02.2023
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Creativity and Imagination
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	135 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
ISBN-10	1-009-35050-1 / 1009350501
ISBN-13	978-1-009-35050-1 / 9781009350501
Zustand	Neuware