The Act of Musical Composition: Studies in the Creative Process

Contents

• Contents: Preface
• Empirical and historical musicologies of compositional processes: towards a cross-fertilization, Nicolas Donin
• Process, self-evaluation, and lifespan creativity trajectories in eminent composers, Aaron Kozbelt
• Musical imagery in the creative process, Freya Bailes and Laura Bishop
• Meaningful engagement with music composition, Andrew R. Brown and Steve Dillon
• The practice of diverse compositional creativities, Pamela Burnard
• Constraint, collaboration and creativity in popular songwriting teams, Joe Bennett
• The influence of the extra-musical on the composing process, Shira Lee Katz
• Improvisation as real-time composition, Simon Rose and Raymond MacDonald
• On computer-aided composition, musical creativity and brain asymmetry, Eduardo Reck Miranda
• Defining inspiration? Modelling the non-conscious creative process, Geraint A. Wiggins
• Rules, tactics, and strategies for composing music, David Cope
• Index.