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1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations, music |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Open access |
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index. |
| Summary |
"Contingent Encounters 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, as well as his own performing experience, Dan DiPiero argues that comparing improvisation across domains calls into question how improvisation is typically recognized. By comparing the music of Eric Dolphy, Norwegian free improvisers, Mr. K, and the Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis duo with improvised activities in everyday life (such as walking, baking, working, and listening), DiPiero concludes that improvisation appears as a function of any encounter between subjects, objects, and environments. Bringing contingency into conversation with the utopian strain of critical improvisation studies, DiPiero shows how particular social investments cause improvisation to be associated with relative freedom, risk-taking, and unpredictability in both scholarship and public discourse. Taking seriously the claim that improvisation is the same thing as living, Contingent Encounters overturns longstanding assumptions about the aesthetic and political implications of this notoriously slippery term." |
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Description based on information from the publisher. |
| Subject |
Dolphy, Eric -- Philosophy.
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Mr. K -- Philosophy.
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Laubrock, Ingrid -- Philosophy.
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Davis, Kris -- Philosophy.
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Dolphy, Eric. (OCoLC)fst00070401
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Improvisation (Music) -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Improvisation in art -- Political aspects.
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Contingency (Philosophy)
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Contingency (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst00876692
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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| Added Author |
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Improvisation in music and everyday life |
| Has Supplement: |
Supplement (work): DiPiero, Dan Contingent Encounters : improvisation in music and everyday life 1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| ISBN |
9780472903115 open access book |
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047290311X open access book |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.12066852 doi |
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