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Impromptu

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Impromptu
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impromptu
a short piece of instrumental music, sometimes improvisatory in character
Impromptu 

a type of improvisation; a short poem composed quickly, often orally, without long reflection. In content, an impromptu is usually a madrigal, epigram, or joke, such as A. S. Pushkin’s “A locust was flying . . . .” Occasionally impromptus are serious and lyrical in content, for example, F. I. Tiutchev’s “Human tears

In music, an impromptu is a piano piece, an improvisation inspired by a certain mood or experience, with vivid lyricism and a free musical form. Impromptus were written by Schubert, Chopin, and Liszt (valse impromptu).
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Pontellier should call upon you, play for her that Impromptu of Chopin's, my favorite.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
Famous for writing that kind of impromptu descriptive verse which the Chinese call "Ying".
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man, in the innocence of his heart, devoted himself impromptu to all our English sports and pastimes whenever he had the opportunity of joining them; firmly persuaded that he could adopt our national amusements of the field by an effort of will precisely as he had adopted our national gaiters and our national white hat.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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