Spontaneity and creativity in highly practised performance

Musical Creativity: Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 200-218

  Chaffin, Roger ^a   Lemieux, Anthony F ^b   Chen, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77950943538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203088111     Document Type: Chapter

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