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MOTIVATIONAL CLICKS AND THE INTEGRATION STAGE: IDENTIFYING CREATIVE DECISIONS IN CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION THAT CONTRIBUTE TO EFFICIENT WRITING (2024)

Gijs van der Heijden
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This research examines the creative decisions and thought processes that occur in contemporary composition, with the aim of identifying and making concrete the critical, often subconscious choices that lead to efficient and productive writing. In particular, the paper focuses on the creative phase of integration , the stage where sketches and generated material take the form of one continuous whole of music. In addition, the research also attempts to define and isolate more clearly the occurrence of so-called motivational clicks. Through a threefold methodology involving the research of existing documentation, introspective documentation of the author’s own composition process, and interviews with peers, this paper explores the possibility of improving and making more efficient the writing approaches of composers. These three methods have been done in parallel, and the research takes an open-ended, exploratory approach, recognizing the inherent struggle in the creative process and seeking to document and share thought processes to benefit the general discourse of the composer’s community.
typeresearch exposition
keywordscomposition, composition process, creative process, creativity, music, contemporary music, ideation, artistic processes
date07/04/2023
published04/07/2024
last modified04/07/2024
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
affiliationRoyal Conservatoire The Hague
copyright2023 Gijs van der Heijden
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2067869/2067868
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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