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Organ Improvisation in Context: Historical and Practical Influences on the Craft of Improvisation at the Organ

abstract: The craft of improvisation at the organ has survived a long period of dormancy and is experiencing a strong resurgence in the twenty-first century. This project seeks to establish a precedence for the value of notated music as a resource in learning improvisation, and then, through music analysis, provide examples of how that process can develop. The result of the ideas presented here is a pathway whereby any disciplined organist can learn to imitate composed music, assimilate the musical ideas, and innovate through the act of spontaneous improvisation. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2012

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:15122
Date January 2012
ContributorsHoward, Devon (Author), Marshall, Kimberly (Advisor), Ryan, Russell (Committee member), Kocour, Michael (Committee member), Norton, Kay (Committee member), Rockmaker, Jody (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format148 pages
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