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Preparation and spontaneity in performance: A singer’s thoughts while singing Schoenberg

This article is the first to challenge the central tenet of performance cue theory, that all thoughts in performance are retrieval cues, deriving from practice and rehearsal. The findings lay the ground for a study which will shortly be published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies, arguing that performance cue theory requires revision, the evidence revealing that not all retrieval cues are prepared during practice and rehearsal, since a proportion of music-related spontaneous ideas are in fact retained as retrieval cues in subsequent performances.