CREATIVITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL IDEAS: PUTTING THE CREATIVE PRINCIPLES OF AUSTIN KLEON TO WORK

<p>All composers internalize the musical ideas of other composers and infuse them into their own original work. But the fear of being labeled “derivative” causes most composers to shy away from talking about these influences openly and directly. In Austin Kleon’s book, Steal Like an Artist, he faces the issues of influence and imitation in a deliberately self-aware fashion. The principal objective of this thesis will be to internalize the musical ideas of other composers and infuse them into an original musical work of my own, entitled Kyros. By articulating the exact way in which I am using the work of others, I will be demonstrating one of the most important and vulnerable acts in the creative process, which is attempting to create something unique, and serving as a real- world illustration of the concepts espoused in Kleon’s book.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Music

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Schulze, Dustin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Stephen Lias
• Dr. Courtney Carney
• Dr. Gregory Grabowski

• Kleon
• creativity
• musical ideas
• music evolution
• Steal Like an Artist
• Composition

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/290

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oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1331