Music as Creative Practice

by Nicholas Cook

Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now overwhelmingly thought of in terms of collaboration and real-time performance. Music as Creative Practice is a first attempt to synthesize both perspectives. It begins by developing the idea that creativity arises out of social interaction-of which making music together is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199347808
• ISBN13: 9780199347803
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"