Synonyms for improvisation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-prov-uh-zey-shuh n, im-pruh-vuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˌprɒv əˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌɪm prə və- |
Définition of improvisation
Origin :- mid-15c., "unforeseen happening;" 1786 as "act of improvising musically," from French improvisation, from improviser "compose or say extemporaneously," from Italian improvvisare, from improvviso "unforeseen, unprepared," from Latin improvisus "not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + provisus "foreseen," also "provided," past participle of providere "foresee, provide" (see provide).
- noun extemporary speech
- As a matter of fact, she adored music, and it was Rossini's improvisation that had moved her.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I was amazed, and made an improvisation on her skill, which I gave her in writing.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- His knack of improvisation he at all times exercised freely.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
- The one way in which he certainly did not produce literature was by improvisation.
- Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
- It is likewise illustrative of Chopin's power and love of improvisation.
- Extract from : « Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician » by Frederick Niecks
- And there was more truth than either poetry or music in his improvisation.
- Extract from : « The Gay Gnani of Gingalee » by Florence Huntley
- Imagination and improvisation played her some woeful tricks.
- Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
- His improvisation, in which it occurred to him to unite all these melodies, renewed the excitement.
- Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
- For my encore last evening I gave them an improvisation on the National Hymn.
- Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
- The fury of improvisation is the same in them, however, as it was in her.
- Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
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