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Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: An Art Neglected in Scholarship by Bruno Nettl The Concept and Its Ramifications | |
Recognizing Improvisation | |
Psychological Constraints on Improvisational Expertise and Communication | |
Do Javanese Gamelan Musicians Really Improvise? | |
Improvisation as Music and in Culture | |
Improvisation, Ecstasy, and Performance Dynamics in Arabic Music | |
Go On, Girl! Improvisation in African-American Girls' Singing Games | |
Improvisation in Latin American Dance Music: History and Style | |
Oh Freedom: George Russell, John Coltrane, and Modal Jazz | |
Improvisation and Group Interaction in Italian Lyrical Singing | |
Exploding the Belly: Improvisation in Cantonese Opera | |
Melodic Improvisation in Karnatak Music: The Manifestations of Raga | |
Studies of Individual Artists | |
Setting the Stage: Clara Schumann's Preludes | |
A Sense of the Possible: Miles Davis and the Semiotics of Improvised Performance | |
The Improvisation of Louis Armstrong | |
Keeping It Going: Terms, Practices, and Processes of Improvisation in Hindustani Instrumental Music | |
Taqsim Nahawand Revisited: The Musicianship of Jihad Racy | |
Contributors | |
Index | |
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