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- noun Plural form of
extemporization .
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Examples
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"His extemporizations were the most extraordinary things that one could hear.
Beethoven the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1904
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One of the reasons the school kept her despite the usual student breakdowns was she could squeeze a total of seventy-six extemporizations in less than an hour.
Beyond the Voice 2009
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When the lad visited Vienna, in 1787, his extemporizations on the piano made Mozart exclaim: "He will give the world something worth listening to."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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He sang in monotonous lines, repeating his extemporizations after the Indian manner, and was addressing the Thunder Being -- the great bird so much sought by warriors.
The Way of an Indian Frederic Remington 1885
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Han-earl Park, and the evening of improvisations and extemporizations will open with The Real-Time Company (for the Ad-Hoc Association) of … Veronica Tadman (voice), Paul Dowling (bass) and Barry Twomey (guitar).
Irish Blogs Ir Stet Lab (a space for improvised music in Cork 2008
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