Title The improvisation of musical dialogue : a phenomenology of music / Bruce Ellis Benson.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Between composition and performance -- Composing : from Ursprung to Fassung letzter Hand -- Performing : the improvisation of preservation -- The Ergon with Energeia -- Being musical with the other.
Summary	This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of music. Bruce Benson's concern is the phenomenology of music making as an activity. He offers a radical thesis that it is improvisation that is primary in the moment of music making. It will be a provocative read.
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Subject	Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
	Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
	Improvisation (Music)
	Improvisation (Music)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Benson, Bruce Ellis, 1960- Improvisation of musical dialogue. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521810930 0521009324 (DLC) 2002067419 (OCoLC)49627739
ISBN	0511064349 (electronic book)
	9780511064340 (electronic book)
	9780511615924 (electronic book)
	0511615922 (electronic book)
	9780521810937
	0521810930
	9780521009324 (paperback)
	0521009324 (paperback)
	0511072805
	9780511072802