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Definition of Extemporising
1. extemporise [v] - See also: extemporise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporising
Literary usage of Extemporising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunner Jingo's Jubilee by Thomas Bland Strange (1893)
"... MILITARY LAW—EXPENSE OF extemporising TRANSPORT. On receipt of order to confer
with Lieutenant-Governor I went for him thus : "April 9th, 1885, Calgary. ..."
2. Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor by Paul Wilstach (1908)
"... TWENTY-TWO (1896-1898) "Castle Sombras"—extemporising comedy—AM Palmer—"The
Devil's Disciple"—Beatrice Cameron Mansfield retires from the stage—A satire ..."
3. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"BEETHOVEN. teen introduced him to the notice of Mozart, who was greatly struck
with Beethoven's extemporising on the piano, and whose own playing does not ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"('Art of playing the Pianoforte') that he ' always felt less embarrassment in
extemporising before an audience of 2000 or 3000 persons than in executing any ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"('Art of playing the Pianoforte') that he 'always felt less embarrassment in
extemporising before an audience of 2000 or 3000 persons than in executing any ..."
6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"('Art of playing the Pianoforte') that he'always felt less embarrassment in
extemporising before an audience of 2000 or 3000 persons than in executing any ..."
7. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"The extemporising clown not only supplied the humorous element of the interlude,
but, also, he was frequently called for after the play was over, ..."
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