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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585966603321

Autore

DiPiero Dan

Titolo

Contingent Encounters : improvisation in music and everyday life / / Dan DiPiero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Michigan : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Disciplina

123

Soggetti

Contingency (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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