Collaborative creative thought and practice in music /

Collaborative creative thought and practice in music / edited by Margaret S. Barrett. - xxii, 304 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. - SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music . - SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music. .

At head of cover title: SEMPRE - Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research. "An Ashgate book"--Front cover. Originally published: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The notion of the individual creator, a product in part of the Western romantic ideal, is now troubled by accounts and explanations of creativity as a social construct. While in collectivist cultures the assimilation (but not the denial) of individual authorship into the complexities of group production and benefit has been a feature, the notion of the lone individual creator has been persistent. Systems theories acknowledge the role of others, yet at heart these are still individual views of creativity - focusing on the creative individual drawing upon the work of others rather than recognizing the mutually constitutive elements of social interactions across time and space.

Specialized.

9781138284579 (pbk.) : £29.99


Composition (Music)--Psychological aspects.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Social aspects.
Creative thinking--Social aspects.
Music.
Music.

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