third stream
See also: thirdstream and Third Stream
English
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editEtymology
editCoined by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957.[1]
Noun
edit- (music) A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.
- 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 335:
- The movement they brought into existence, "Third Stream", was for the most part an effort by jazz composers and musicians to adopt some of the conventions […]
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