Improvisation, change, works and ragas

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Publication date 02-2008
Journal Dutch Journal of Music Theory
Event 9th International Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory
Volume | Issue number 13 | 1
Pages (from-to) 25-35
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract Studying change in music poses considerable challenges. Especially with respect to music that is not, or only partly, written, and improvised music in which the line between ‘fixed’ and ‘free’ is extremely fine. Where does internal variability turn into a breach with the established tradition? This question not only concerns non-western music (my example is from India), but also many forms of western music. Even music that we know through scores may not be as static as many people think.

Document type Article
Note In special issue: Selected Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Society of Music Theory
Language English
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