Imaging music: Abstract Expressionism and free improvisation

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"Free improvisation" is discussed as a form of music that emerged in the 1960s, which is associated with UK musicians such as Cornelius Cardew, Derek Bailey, AMM, and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. The analogy between free improvisation and Abstract Expressionist art is explored.

History, Influence, Improvisation (Music), Improvisational music, Abstract expressionism

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The new English keyboard school: a second "Golden Age"

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Several avant-garde English composers have been concentrating on piano works, forming the so-called "New English Piano School." Composers discussed include John Tilbury, John White, Dave Smith, Christopher Hobbs, Hugh Shrapnel, and Michael Parsons.

Criticism and interpretation, Piano music

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Not necessarily captured, except as a fleeting glance

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British experimental music of the 1960s and 1970s is discussed. Informality, collapsing boundaries, and attacks on the ideal of musical competence were characteristic of the period.

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