Improvisation was a crucial aspect of musical life in Europe from
the late eighteenth century through to the middle of the
nineteenth, representing a central moment in both public occasions
and the private lives of many artists. Composers dedicated
themselves to this practice at length while formulating the musical
ideas later found at the core of their published works;
improvisation was thus closely linked to composition itself. The
full extent of this relation can be inferred from both private
documents and reviews of concerts featuring improvisations, while
these texts also inform us that composers quite often performed in
public as both improvisers and interpreters of pieces written by
themselves or others. Improvisations presented in concert were
distinguished by a remarkable degree of structural organisation and
complexity, demonstrating performers' consolidated abilities in
composition as well as their familiarity with the rules for
improvising outlined by theoreticians.
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