The Improvisation of Musical Dialogue: A Phenomenology of Music

by Bruce Ellis Benson

Book Overview

This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of music. Whereas most books in this field focus on the creation and reproduction of music, Bruce Benson's concern is the phenomenology of music making as an activity. He offers the radical thesis that it is improvisation that is primary in the moment of music making. Succinct and lucid, the book brings together a wide range of musical examples from classical music, jazz, early music and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521009324
• ISBN13: 9780521009324
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"