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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiPiero, Dan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contingency (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Other Title:

Contingent Encounters

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

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