Improvision: Orphic Art in the Age of Jazz
- Author: Shaw-Miller, Simon
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Contents
- Introduction & Theoretical Preliminaries: Art, Abstraction and All That Jazz
- 1. The Sight and Sound of Nascent Jazz: Words, Definitions & Rags
- 2. Orphism and a New Tune I: Dance, Music, Painting
- 3. Orphism and a New Tune II: Words, Music, Image
- 4. Orphism in America: Art, Machines and Jazz Rhythm
- 5. Objects, Improvisation and Rhythm: Kandinsky, Duchamp and Beyond