| dc.description.abstract | “Compositional Process as Discourse and Interaction” is a
study on compositional processes of pupils working in small
groups in a public school music context.
The study describes and discusses the main elements of
compositional processes, in what ways compositional processes
develop, how they are structured and constructed and
what the connections are between the musical pieces being
created and the process of their creation.
This empirical study – inspired by phenomenological, ethnographic
and socio-cultural theory – bases important parts
of its findings on the use of ethnographic microanalysis of
video footage. Findings suggest that significant events in the
compositional processes can be identified in the form of
Circle episodes, Focus episodes, Breakthroughs and Blockages,
that small group compositional processes are highly
relational and circular by nature and that generative activity,
productive activity and communicative activity are major
and equally important characteristics of compositional processes
in school music. | en |
