Re: PrePrepared vs. Improvisational Live Looping Performances

[Steve Bingham <sbingham@con-brio.com>]

On 8 Jul 2009, at 12:18, Ricky Graham wrote:

> Just on the note of Classical music being precomposed and Bach's  
> name creeping up, let us not forget that while that may be  
> predominantly the case that classical music is from the score,  
> Bach's fugues, to my knowledge, and correct me if I am wrong but I'm  
> pretty sure that I am correct on this, were exercises to improvise  
> with. (check that out for a run on)


Absolutely: Bach was the great improviser. Personally I feel that a  
successful performance of 'written' music is most often one where the  
performer(s) allow spontaneous musical interpretation to be as  
important as purely technical accuracy, thus bringing some elements of  
improvisation to the piece.

Steve