Improvisation: From Early Music to Jazz

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Let's talk about the history of Improv! It actually has a long history in European classical music before the tradition appeared in Jazz. We will go through ...

Bibliography for Improvisation:

From Early Music to Jazz

Alperson, Philip. "On Musical Improvisation." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Autum, 43, no. 1, 17-29. Accessed June 20, 2020. http://www.jstor.com/stable/430189.

Biasutti, Michele. "Teaching Improvisation through Processes. Applications in Music Education and Implications for General Education." Frontiers. May 17, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00911/full.

Burkholder, James Peter., Donald Jay Grout, and Claude Victor. Palisca. A History of Western Music. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2019.

"Cantus Firmus." Wikipedia. May 21, 2020. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantus_firmus.

Charlie Pennel. "Beethoven and the Art of Improvisation." Charlie Pennel. August 07, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://charliepennel.com/blog-2/2016/8/4/beethoven-and-the-art-of-improvisation.

CineDevine, “Bourbon Street Parade - Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band.” YouTube Video, 6:21. April 7, 2013. https://youtu.be/UBIUDx7h64g

"Dixieland." Wikipedia. June 10, 2020. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixieland.

"Franz Liszt." Wikipedia. June 20, 2020. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt.

Gould, Carol S., and Kenneth Keaton. "The Essential Role of Improvisation in Musical Performance." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58, no. 2 (2000): 143. doi:10.2307/432093.

Higgins, Lee, and Roger Mantie. "Improvisation as Ability, Culture, and Experience." Music Educators Journal 100, no. 2 (2013): 38-44. doi:10.1177/0027432113498097.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY, “Collective Improvisation in New Orleans Jazz” YouTube Video, 5:37. https://youtu.be/EadpcjMB_2s

Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY, “Exploring Improvisation in Jazz.” YouTube Video, 2:59. October 6, 2015. https://youtu.be/ggnk1fCQENw

Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY, “Exploring New Orleans Jazz.”YouTube Video, 2:28. October 12, 2015. https://youtu.be/5SS9EnD_-_Y

LivingPianosVideos, “The Basics of Musical Improvisation - Musical Improv 101” YouTube video, 4:46. October 16, 2013. https://youtu.be/ZxIUeR0fwJM

"Music in Ancient Greece." Metmuseum.org. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grmu/hd_grmu.htm.

"Musical Improvisation." Wikipedia. June 02, 2020. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_improvisation.

Prague Proms, “Amazing Saxophone Solo – Eric Marienthal.” YouTube Video, 7:34. May 10, 2018. https://youtu.be/EcdycK4-Or4


Solomon, Larry. "Improvisation II." Perspectives of New Music, Spring-Summer 1986, Vol. 24, no. 2 (Summer 1986): 224-35. http://www.jstor.com/stable/833221.

SoliDeoGloria8550, “Bach - Choral Prelude ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'' BWV 645.” YouTube Video, 3:35. Feburary 7, 2009. https://youtu.be/VSkz3j9b23Y

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Improvisation." Encyclopædia Britannica. March 02, 2012. Accessed June 20, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/art/improvisation-music.

Yoo, Hyesoo. "Using Baroque Techniques to Teach Improvisation in Your Classroom." Music Educators Journal 102, no. 1 (2015): 91-96. Accessed June 20, 2020. doi:10.1177/0027432115590859.

オットアリス, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra. Op.80.” YouTube Video, 19:24. February 7, 2017. https://youtu.be/4I8AT3S3iRc