The psychology of music creation
The psychology of music creation

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to conduct a study on the origins of music creation and itsmetamorphosis. A parallel is drawn between improvisation and composition, makinganalogies with other fields such as rhetoric and literature. The two terms incorporate aseries of processes, mental structures and a thorough preparation, clear examples found inprevious eras, improvisation having a leading place in Baroque and Classicism. The articleaims at psychological models encountered in improvisation and composition, creativitybeing investigated in this context. Improvisation and composition present a series ofsimilarities and differences, being argued by presenting the main theories, which are basedon a psychological profile of the individual, carefully studied over the decades. Themetaphysics of music and the physical and mental processes that the composer orimproviser goes through, have often been associated with other fields of research, such aslanguage, theater, poetry, rhetoric and much more. Their study and presentation have asrole the artistic development of the complete musician, whether it is a soloist, composer orimproviser.

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