MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Music Of Iran, Kulintang, Precomposed Character
13 Oct 2015
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Selected passages from the entry improvisation in the grove dictionary of music. The creation of a musical work, or the final form of a musical work, as it is being performed. It may involve the work"s immediate composition by its performers, or the elaboration or adjustment of an existing framework, or anything in between. To some extent every performance involves elements of improvisation, although its degree varies according to period and place, and to some extent every improvisation rests on a series of conventions or implicit rules. The term extemporization" is used more or less interchangeably with. By its very nature in that improvisation is essentially evanescent it is one of the subjects least amenable to historical research: concepts and practices. In virtually all musical cultures there is music that is improvised. The term improvisation", in suggesting a failure to plan ahead or making do with whatever means are available, may have negative implications.
