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One Line, Many Views: Perspectives on Music Theory, Composition, and Improvisation through the Work of Muhal Richard Abrams
- Author(s):
- Marc Edward Hannaford (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Society for Music Theory, Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group
- Subject(s):
- Race relations--Study and teaching, Ethnology--Study and teaching, Critical theory, Cognition, Jazz--Instruction and study, Musical analysis, Music theory
- Item Type:
- Dissertation
- Institution:
- Columbia University
- Tag(s):
- AACM, Analysis, experimental music, Improvisation, Critical race and ethnic studies, Embodied cognition, Jazz studies, Music analysis
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/qaa9-s909
- Abstract:
- This dissertation examines aspects of the creative practice of Muhal Richard Abrams, composer, improviser, pianist, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Abrams’s work intersects with various facets of creative music. I focus on free improvisation, both as a stand-alone performance and in conjunction with through-composed music, his engagement with writings by theorist Joseph Schillinger, and his work as a composer. This study provides an historical overview of Abrams’s life and output, supplies analytical accounts of his music and creative practice, contributes to critical issues in music theory and analysis through these examinations, and diversifies the music, musicians, and topics that comprise the discipline of music theory.
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- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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