The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts

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Introduction
PART I: Art and Improvisation: Theoretical Perspectives
	1 Improvisation as Normative Practice
	2 Improvisation as Resonance
	3 Improvisation as Creative Performance
	4 Material and Improvisation in the Formative Process
	5 Ontology of Improvisation and Jazz
	6 Improvisation and Orientation
	7 Improvisation and Action Theory
	8 Improvisation, Actions, and Processes
	9 Rethinking Realtimeness in Improvisation
PART II: Art and Improvisation: Aesthetical, Ethical, and Political Perspectives
	10 Appreciating Improvisations as Art
	11 Transformative Aesthetics: When the Unforeseen Emerges
	12 Improvisation as Spontaneous Creation versus “Making Do”
	13 Improvisation as Aesthetic Appearance
	14 The Expressivity of Musical Improvisation
	15 Jazz Improvisation, Authenticity, and Self-Expression
	16 Manyness in Music Improvisation
	17 Forms of Improvisation and Experimentalism
	18 Improvisational Phronesis
	19 Improvisation’s Ethical and Epistemological Challenge
	20 Street Art and the Politics of Improvisation
	21 Improvisation and Political Emancipation
PART III: Improvisation in Musical Practices
	22 Competing Ontologies of Musical Improvisation: A Medieval Perspective
	23 Improvisation and Essential Ornamentation in Vocal Music (1600–1900)
	24 Freedom and Form in Piano Improvisation in the Early 19th Century
	25 Improvisation and Authenticity in Early 20th Century Western Music
	26 Improvisation and Composition: A Schoenbergian View
	27 Repeatability versus Unrepeatability in Free Improvisation
	28 The Risk of Improvised Music: An Ethnographic Approach
	29 Empathy in Improvisation
	30 Improvisation in Pop-Rock Music
	31 “Improvisation” in Play: A View Through South Indian Music Practices
	32 Improvisation in Arab Musical Practices
PART IV: Improvisation in the Visual, Narrative, Dramatic, and Interactive Arts
	33 Dance Improvisation as Experimental Inquiry
	34 The Springs of Action in Butō Improvisation
	35 Stage Improvisation in the Commedia dell’Arte
	36 Performance Art and Improvisation
	37 Improv, Stand-Up, and Comedy
	38 Improvisation, Machines, Cinema
	39 Improvisation and Poetry
	40 Improvisation in Painting
	41 Improvisation in Sculpture
	42 Improvisation and Artistic Photography
	43 Improvisation and Installation Art
	44 Installed Improvisation: The Case of Erwin Redl
	45 Improvisation in Design Processes
	46 Urban Improvisations
	47 Improvisation in Cooking and Tasting
	48 Creativity and Improvisation in Games
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