Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2006 First Remembrances of Creative Musical Activity Gregory A. Woodward Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC FIRST REMEMBRANCES OF CREATIVE MUSICAL ACTIVITY By GREGORY A. WOODWARD A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2006 Copyright © 2006 Gregory A. Woodward All Rights Reserved The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Gregory Alan Woodward defended on October 6, 2006. _________________________ Clifford K. Madsen Professor Codirecting Dissertation _________________________ Brian Gaber Professor Codirecting Dissertation _________________________ Charles Brewer Outside Committee Member _________________________ Judy Bowers Committee Member Approved: _________________________________ Don Gibson, Dean, College of Music The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my wife, Michelle, and our four children, Isaac, Emma, Luke, and Elijah for supporting and sustaining me through this process. Thank you, Michelle, for not giving up on me, even to the very end. Thank you for trying to understand my desire to get it right. Thank you, Dad, for endless hours of editing and teaching me to write with precision. Thank you, Mom, for being willing to do any little task that would encourage the process. Thank you, Isaac, for your inspirational fascination with the process and encouragement for me to be done with it already. I would also like to thank my committee members for constant support throughout my time at Florida State. Thank you, Dr. Madsen, for mentoring every aspect of my professional identity from the time we met. Thank you, Professor Gaber, for teaching me to make sure my ideas have practical worth. Thank you, Dr. Bowers, for your constant encouragement and suggestions for organizing research. Thank you, Dr. Brewer, for bringing a broad perspective to my writing. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES…………………………………………………………………...…IX ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................... XI INTRODUCTION (CHAPTER ONE) ............................................................................... 1 Need for the Study .......................................................................................................... 1 Purpose and Problems..................................................................................................... 4 Organization of the Study ............................................................................................... 4 LITERATURE REVIEW (CHAPTER TWO) ................................................................... 6 History of Music Education as it Relates to Music Creativity........................................ 7 Defining the Problem...................................................................................................... 7 Classifying Types of Creative Musical Behavior ............................................................ 9 Western Historical Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior................................... 9 Psychological Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior......................................... 12 Quantitative Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior ........................................... 16 Ethnomusicological Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior............................... 18 Popular Music Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior........................................ 20 Age Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior ........................................................ 21 Social-Psychological Perspective on Creative Musical Behavior ............................. 22 Philosophical Foundations for Developmental Theories.............................................. 24 A Distant Developmental Perspective ....................................................................... 26 Developmental Studies ........................................................................................ 27 Cognitive Studies................................................................................................. 29 Descriptive Studies .............................................................................................. 33 Behavioral Studies ............................................................................................... 37 A Close Developmental Perspective.......................................................................... 38 World Perspective................................................................................................ 40 Age Perspective ................................................................................................... 42 Modes of Performance Perspective ..................................................................... 43 Stylistic Perspective............................................................................................. 47 Individual Perspective.......................................................................................... 48 iv A Balanced Perspective ............................................................................................. 50 Interview Studies with Childhood Creators......................................................... 53 Interview Studies with Adolescent Creators........................................................ 54 Interview Studies with Adult Creators................................................................. 58 Summary of Literature Review..................................................................................... 74 METHOD (CHAPTER THREE)...................................................................................... 76 Purpose.......................................................................................................................... 76 Sample........................................................................................................................... 76 Instruments.................................................................................................................... 76 Pilot Studies ............................................................................................................... 77 Main Study................................................................................................................. 77 Results Categories for Chapter Four.......................................................................... 78 Results Categories for Chapter Five .......................................................................... 79 Definitions for Terms Used in This Study................................................................. 81 RESULTS (CHAPTER FOUR)........................................................................................ 82 Non-Music Majors........................................................................................................ 82 Andrea........................................................................................................................ 82 Evelyn ........................................................................................................................ 83 Mary........................................................................................................................... 83 Nathan........................................................................................................................ 84 Sarah .......................................................................................................................... 85 Music Education Majors............................................................................................... 86 Alicia.......................................................................................................................... 86 Angela........................................................................................................................ 87 Carey.......................................................................................................................... 88 Jane ............................................................................................................................ 89 Rachel ........................................................................................................................ 90 Music Performance Majors........................................................................................... 91 Drew........................................................................................................................... 91 Julie............................................................................................................................ 93 v Music Business Majors................................................................................................. 94 Jerry............................................................................................................................ 94 Jon.............................................................................................................................. 96 Josh ...........................................................................................................................