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Book Synopsis
Offers a comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and critical improvisation studies, as well as his own performing experience, Dan DiPiero argues that comparing improvisation across domains calls into question how improvisation is typically recognised.

Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction: Improvisation as Contingency
  • Part One: Contingent Music
  • 2. Out to Lunch
  • 3. Waves, Linens, and White Light
  • 4. Gunweep | Elephant in the Room
  • Part Two: Contingent Life
  • 5. The Structure of Everyday Life
  • 6. Everyday Practices
  • 7. Perception, Situation, Orientation
  • 8. Conclusion: On Aesthetics and Politics
  • Epilogue: Improvisation, Cultural Analysis, and Collective Action
  • References
  • Index

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 30/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9780472133154, 978-0472133154
      ISBN10: 0472133152
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and critical improvisation studies, as well as his own performing experience, Dan DiPiero argues that comparing improvisation across domains calls into question how improvisation is typically recognised.

      Table of Contents
      • 1. Introduction: Improvisation as Contingency
      • Part One: Contingent Music
      • 2. Out to Lunch
      • 3. Waves, Linens, and White Light
      • 4. Gunweep | Elephant in the Room
      • Part Two: Contingent Life
      • 5. The Structure of Everyday Life
      • 6. Everyday Practices
      • 7. Perception, Situation, Orientation
      • 8. Conclusion: On Aesthetics and Politics
      • Epilogue: Improvisation, Cultural Analysis, and Collective Action
      • References
      • Index

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