Definition of Improvisation

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Definition of Improvisation
	Improvisation The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ. That which is improvised; an impromptu. Related Definitions: Act, An, And, Art, As, Composing, Impromptu, Improvisation, Improvised, Is, Like, Music, Of, On, Or, Organ, Poetry, Rendering, That, The, Which

Improvisation Quotations

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
Paul Simon

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation.
Don King

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.
Franz Liszt

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.
Martin Scorsese

There's always some room for improvisation.
Satyajit Ray

We did very little improvisation on camera, and once in a while we did.
Peter Tork

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.
Ken Burns

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.
Chuck Mangione

All of the material for The Fine Line was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted.
Douglas Wood

As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that.
Stanley Crouch

Improvisation Translations

improvisation in German is Improvisation

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