El ruido que se escapa: Lo no idiomático como posicionamiento crítico ante el proceso de normativización de la música improvisada

Héctor Rey Vizcaino

doi:10.1387/ausart.15485

A fleeting noise The non-idiomatic as a critical stance towards the normativization process of improvised music

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Published 2016-02-25

DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.15485

Héctor Rey Vizcaino

Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Dpto. Escultura

Abstract

This paper expounds a critical review of the notion of non-idiomatic improvisation. First introduced by the English musician Derek Bailey, it gained popularity with the release of his 1980 book Improvisation: its Nature and Practice in Music. Improvised music, in spite of its celebration of the fleeting nature and irrevocability of the present moment, is also subjected to influences leading to its settlement and stagnation. This article will describe the agency of those forces with the aim of establishing an understanding of the non-idiomatic not as a specific musical formulation but as the possibility of improvised musical praxis to take a critical stance towards the processes of subjectivation trying to chase it down.

How to Cite

Rey Vizcaino, Héctor. 2016. “A Fleeting Noise: The Non-Idiomatic As a Critical Stance towards the Normativization Process of Improvised Music”. AusArt 3 (2). https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.15485.

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Keywords

MUSIC, NOISE, LISTENING, IMPROVISATION, IDIOM

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