IMPROCOMP

IMPROVISATION/
composition

The Double Identity
of European Music

OUR MISSION

This project deals with one of the key issues of European music in the modern and contemporary eras:
the relationships between improvisation and composition.

The research team investigates the relationships between improvisation and composition from the early 17th century to our days on different levels: studying the treatises on composition and performance, ascertaining traces of improvisatory practice in sketches and drafts, analyzing audio and video documents, confronting theories of improvisation from different areas of the humanities, comparing the approaches of theatre and music.  [read more]

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