In 1938 Ernst Ferand published what continues to be the only large, scholarly book on the
subject of musical improvisation. 1 A rather thorough search reveals that this book was but …

Musical Improvisation, and in 2009, with Gabriel Solis, he edited Musical Improvisation: Art,
Education, and Society. Four decades after it appeared,“Thoughts on Improvisation” remains …

From an early age Bruno Nettl was fascinated with musical improvisation. Born in Prague in
1930, he was inspired early in his life by the discovery of unscored Indian classical music …