Search for dissertations about: "Organ improvisation"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Organ improvisation.

  2. 1. Imagination, form, movement and sound. Studies in musical improvisation

    Author : Svein Erik Tandberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetic; artistic research; chronology versus phenomenology; cognitive models; cross-modality; imitation; improvisation; motor programmes; organ; organ textbooks; procedural knowledge; Protestant practices; Roman Catholic practices; schemas; style; Johann Sebastian Bach; Anton Bruckner; Marcel Dupre; Rolande Falcinelli; Cesar Franck; Johann Georg Herzog; Hermann Keller; Olivier Latry; Conrad Paumann; Max Reger; Heinz Wunderlich; Ruth Zechlin;

    Abstract : How does one improvise? How can one learn the art of improvisation? By consid - ering these two questions this thesis aspires to make a contribution towards a greater understanding of what the production of improvised music actually involves. The organ has long traditions as an instrument on which music is improvised, and this study aims to focus primarily on organ improvisation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Organ improvisation : Activity, action and rhetorical practice

    Author : Karin Johansson; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rhetorical practice; Cultural-historical activity theory; Higher music education; Western art music; Discursive practices; Organ improvisation;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on contemporary organ improvisation in Western European musical culture. The aim of the study is to explore organists’ descriptions, constructions and definitions of improvisation in words and music, with an interest in the interaction between receptivity, creativity and change. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Ephemeral City : Songs for the Ghost Quarters

    Author : Katt Hernandez; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; psychogeography; sound art; electroacoustic music; urban activism; violin; transposition; Stockholm; music; organ; synthesizers; improvised music; urban studies; sound installation; musik; violin; fiol; orgel; impromusik; improvisation; electroakusitsk musik; psykogeografi; urbana studier; stadsgestaltning; urbana aktivism; ljudkonst; ljud installationer; synthesizer; transponering; Stockholm;

    Abstract : The towers of the Stockholm skyline twine with radio transmissions, flying out over the city, drifting down through the streets and sinking into the underground telephone system below. Stockholm has buildings that have been there for centuries, but is also full of modern and contemporary architectures, all jostling for their place in parallel collective memory. READ MORE