Improvising New Consonance: Following the Subterranean Connections between North American and Italian Avant-Garde Collectives (1963–1976)

dc.contributor.advisorSallis, Friedemann
dc.contributor.authorBertolani, Valentina
dc.contributor.committeememberEagle, David
dc.contributor.committeememberNeidhöfer, Christoph
dc.contributor.committeememberPiekut, Benjamin
dc.contributor.committeememberCadel, Francesca
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T14:24:05Z
dc.date.available2018-07-04T14:24:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-26
dc.description.abstract“Improvising New Consonance: The Subterranean Connections Between North American and Italian Avant-Garde, 1963–1976” is grounded in both music history and music analysis and explores the communities created around collective improvisation in the Bay Area, Rome, and Montreal through four case studies: New Music Ensemble, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Musica Elettronica Viva and MuD / Sonde. This research challenges the understanding of collective experimental improvisation as a genre, framing the phenomenon through the contemporary paradigm of “artistic practice as research.” This reading favours a broader understanding of experimentalism as a cross-generic phenomenon. The work is articulated in two interconnected and equally important parts to sustain my argument: 1. Using Actor-Network Theory, I examine what cultural policies were put in place within a Cold War and post-colonial context to support international exchanges among otherwise extremely localized experiences. This geography challenges dominant narratives about post-war music, normally focussed north of the Alps and on the US East Coast. 2. Building on Steinbeck’s work on the Art Ensemble of Chicago, I analyze the collective practices that allowed the groups to develop unconventional improvisatory responses. I discuss exercises developed to solve peculiar improvisational problems, and assessment strategies used to evaluate recorded sessions, linking this body of knowledge to the recordings we have to build an innovative analytical framework.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBertolani, V. (2018). Improvising New Consonance: Following the Subterranean Connections between North American and Italian Avant-Garde Collectives (1963–1976) (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32228en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32228
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/107006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectimprovisation
dc.subjectcollective improvisation
dc.subjectexperimental music
dc.subjectavant-garde
dc.subject1960s
dc.subject1970s
dc.subjectCanadian music
dc.subjectAmerican music
dc.subjectItalian music
dc.subjectcultural diplomacy
dc.subjectexperimentalism
dc.subject.classificationMusicen_US
dc.titleImprovising New Consonance: Following the Subterranean Connections between North American and Italian Avant-Garde Collectives (1963–1976)
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMusic
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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