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SKU: BT.WH31324 Composed by Jakob Thorkild Overgaard. Theory. Book Only. Composed 2013. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH31324. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (BT.WH31324). ISBN 9788759822555. English.Improvised Music - Essays And Interviews by Jakob Thorkild Overgaard. From the preface: This book is the child of my extensive personal experienceas performerof musical improvisation. I havea large number of concerts, recordings and bands inmy baggage, and throughout my career as performerI have reflected much on the music as such, its origins,and its effects onperformer and listener alike.In addition to this, my M.A. in Music from CopenhagenUniversity provided me with a theoretical foundationwhich has sharpened my reflections on musicand fostered an interestinthe spoken word.As its point of departure, this book will attempt a discussionof improvised music after 1968, as a conceptand as an actual performing art. I shall use the terms‘freeimprovisation’ or ’ freely improvised music’ – as Ithink that they are the best, although I am of coursefully aware that there may be several other adequateterms for this music......There are sections solely based on my views and analyses as well as sections taking their starting point in the views of other writers and artists.   Besides, the book containsinterviews and communications with prominent performers of improvised music and theorists such as, inter alia, Danish Peter Ole Jørgensen, Swedish Raymond Strid, Danish Vagn E. Olsson and Torben Sangild, Postdoc at theDepartment of Arts and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University.