The Improvisational State of Mind: A Multidisciplinary Study of an Improvisatory Approach to Classical Music Repertoire Performance by David Dolan, Henrik J. Jensen, Henrik J. Jensen, Pedro A. M. Mediano, Miguel Molina-Solana, Miguel Molina-Solana, Hardik Rajpal, Fernando Rosas, Fernando Rosas, John A. Sloboda

“…The recent re-introduction of improvisation as a professional practice within classical music, however cautious and still rare, allows direct and detailed contemporary comparison between improvised and “standard” approaches to performances of the same composition, comparisons which hitherto could only be inferred from impressionistic historical accounts. This study takes an interdisciplinary multi-method approach to discovering the contrasting nature and effects of prepared and improvised approaches during live chamber-music concert performances of a movement from Franz Schubert's “Shepherd on the Rock,” given by a professional trio consisting of voice, flute, and piano, in the presence of an invited audience of 22 adults with varying levels of musical experience and training. …”
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Roman gems and jewellery: a quantitative study on trends in Roman gem supply and use from the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD by Sotomayor, G

“…Where past scholarship has addressed Roman gems and jewellery in broad impressionistic tones, this thesis distinguishes itself by presenting quantitative evidence for commonness, rarity, and use. …”

Česká literární moderna v časopise Aus fremden Zungen — čtyři příklady prostředkování // Czech literary modernism in the journal Aus fremden Zungen — four examples of mediation... by Lucie Merhautová

“…For Aus fremden Zungen he translated an impressionistic short story by Luisa Ziková Bílý květ (White Flower). …”
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Differential executive functioning in the topology of Spirit possession or dissociative disorders: an explorative cultural study by Samir Al-Adawi, Yahya Al-Kalbani, Sathiya Murthi Panchatcharam, Matlooba Ayoub Al-Zadjali, Sara S. Al-Adawi, Musthafa M. Essa, M. Walid Qoronfleh

“…Abstract Background In Oman, anecdotal and impressionistic observation have helped parse and categorize various manifestations of spirit possession into two broad and distinct categories: intermittent dissociative phenomenon and transitory dissociative phenomenon. …”
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STYLISTICS OF IMPRESSIONISM IN THE SONG CYCLES OF LESIA DYCHKO “PASTELS” AND “ENHARMONIC” ON THE POEMS BY PAVLO TYCHYNA by Oksana PYSMENNA, Svitlana MYSHKO, Kateryna CHEREVKO

“…We notice a lot in common and consonant in the works of both artists, namely, an impressionistic vision and perception of the surrounding world, a deep philosophical understanding of nature, a symbolic load of images. …”
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Les insulaires de la Seine francilienne : villégiateurs un jour, villégiateurs toujours ? by Isabelle Duhau

“…A few hundred meters south, the Grenouillère proposes its small beach, its canoes for daily rent and its famous weekly ball. The impressionists Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Berthe Morisot and Sisley immortalized these moments of relaxation and the surrounding Sequanian landscapes. …”
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