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handout 1:
Musical Intersections:
Free Improvisation
I. Classical Music
A. Factors Leading to Free Improvisation
i. Aleatoric Music
ii. Re-emergence of Improvisation in Composed music During the 1960s
iii. Virtuosic Performers (Extended Techniques/Noise)
iv. Political Concerns
B. Examples
i. Franco Evangelisti - 'Nuova Consonanza'
ii. Cornelius Cardew and Christian Wolff - AMM
iii. Vinko Globokar
iv. Stockhausen - Aus den sieben Tagen
v. Frances-Marie-Uittti
II. Jazz
A. Factors Leading to Free Improvisation
i. Free Jazz
ii. Non-idiomatic Improvisation
iii. Virtuosic Performers (Extended Techniques/Noise)
iv. Interaction with the Classical Avant-Garde
B. Examples
i. Spontaneous Music Ensemble/AMM
ii. Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
iii. Derek Bailey
iv. Anthony Braxton
v. William Winant
III. Rock/Electronic
A. Factors Leading to Free Improvisation
i. Improvisatory Rock Music
ii. Virtuosic Performers (Extended Techniques)
iii. Noise Rock
iv. Interaction with the Classical Avant-Garde
v. Improvisatory Electronic Music
B. Examples
i. The Grateful Dead/Neil Young/Lou Reed
ii. Sonic Youth
iii. Japanese Noise(Keiji Haino, Merzbow)
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