Lexicographical Neighbors of Improvisatores
Literary usage of Improvisatores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor by Henry John Van-Lennep (1870)
"... and musical instruments •—-Songs — "improvisatores"—Bardic contest — Manners
and customs — Treatment of infants — Family names — Nicknames — Dress. ..."
2. The pearl of the Antilles; or, An artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman (1873)
"... eminent Violinist and Composer—Cuban Pianos—Real Negro Minstrels—Carnival
Songs—Coloured improvisatores. ALL work and no play makes even a ' follower of ..."
3. Tent Life in Tigerland: With which is Incorporated Sport and Work on the by James Inglis (1892)
"... The rent-day a great festival—Preparation—Collection of rents—Feast to
retainers—The reception in the evening—Tribute—Old customs—improvisatores and ..."
4. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier by James Inglis (1878)
"Preparation.— Collection of rents.— Feast to retainers.—The reception in the
evening.—Tribute.—Old customs.—improvisatores and bards. ..."
5. An Epic of the Starry Heaven by Thomas Lake Harris (1855)
"As to Italian and other improvisatores, it is on no good authority claimed that
they have ever risen above brief rhapsodies, generally confined to local and ..."
6. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1829)
"These improvisatores are those who go knocking from door to door ; they are sure
of nothing; when there is spoil they take it; when there is none the thief ..."
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