Reassessing the Role of Subjectivity in Improvised Musical Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21778460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Mcauliffe (0000-0003-2592-8844, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1712-0624 • E-ISSN: 1712-0624 |
| Publisher | University of Guelph (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21083/csieci.v15i1.5408 |
| OpenAlex | W4312264722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Notions of subjectivity and individuality pervade the discourse around jazz and non-idiomatic improvisation. While subjectivity plays an important role musical improvisation, the tendency to focus on the subjectivity of the player(s) – analysing their particular improvisatory approach(es) – has muddied the broader structure at issue: where the musical event goes beyond the players and leads them to unforeseen musical outcomes. In this paper I reassess the role of subjectivity in improvised music by interpreting it through a hermeneutic lens. I connect musical improvisation with three ideas characteristic of hermeneutics: prejudice/fore-understanding, conversation, and in-between. In each case I will describe how these topics describe improvisation and suggest means of arriving at a more nuanced understanding of the role of subjectivity in improvised musical performance
Aesthetics · Art · Conversation · Epistemology · Improvisation · Jazz · Literature · Musical · Sociology · Subjectivity · Visual arts · Communication · Diverse Music Education Insights · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |