LEARNING FROM MASTERS OF MUSIC CREATIVITY

Abstract

There are several possible ways for investigating the creative process in musical composition in order to induce certain assumptions about the nature of the compositional experience that may provide a certain philosophical framework for shaping compositional experiences in music educational settings at all levels. By taking an approach mainly based on writings and interviews of twentieth and twenty-first century composers, such as Boulez, Ferneyhough, Foss, Ligeti, Xenakis, Reich, Reynolds, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, and Varese, among others, Eleni Lapidaki illus- trates certain parameters about their actual compositional process. Implications for music education are suggested for immersing student com- posers in learning experiences that respect their intuitions, search for their individuality, and place emphasis on innovation and creative freedom as inseparable from expression in their compositions. Asked in an interview how he could explain the creative processes involved in his composing, Gunther Schuller readily admits that the element of mystery that

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