Chapter 03
Entextualization and Preparation in Patterson’s Variations for Double-Bass
...The “musical material” here is radically diffuse, ranging from tuning, to the application of butterflies and feather dusters, to postal service (XVII). The piece could (debatably) be situated within the genre of “Fluxus event scores”, but doing so would be...
Chapter 00
Chapter 0: The Ground
...of growth and development, or of self-renewal […] As he proceeds, however, the wayfarer has to sustain himself, both perceptually and materially, through an active engagement with the country that opens along his path […] To outsiders these paths, unless...
References
...1950: Afrological and Eurological Perspectives.” Black Music Research Journal 16 (1): 91–122. doi:10.2307/779379. ———. 2012. “In Search of Benjamin Patterson: An Improvised Journey.” Callaloo 35 (4): 979–92. doi:10.1353/cal.2013.0023. ———. 2013. “Critical Responses to ‘Theorizing Improvisation (Musically).’” Music Theory Online 19...
Chapter 02
A Treatise Remix Handbook
...by collecting a library of fifteen commercial recordings, six archival and broadcast recordings, and a few dozen more published online. 9 (Ultimately a total of twenty recordings were used; they are listed in Source Material.) The library encompassed a vast...