The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts : Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished (Paperback)

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction, Andy Hamilton and Lara Pearson SECTION 1: THE POSITIVE VALUE OF IMPERFECTION 1. The Aesthetics of Imperfection: The Finished Work, and Process Versus Product, Andy Hamilton 2. Taking Aim at Imperfection , David Lloyd 3. The Aesthetics of Imperfection, John Tilbury 4. Reflections on the Value of Imperfection in Crafts Through the Japanese Philosophy of Wabi-Sabi, Vasiliki Tsaknaki 5. Built from the Root, Ever-changing at the Bloom: The Role of Imperfection in Systems of Musical Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax, Nate Wooley 6. Imperfect World, Linda Catlin Smith SECTION 2: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT 7. A Socially Situated Approach to Aesthetics: Games and Challenges in Karnatak Music, Lara Pearson 8. A Social Aesthetics of Imperfection: Spontaneity and Meaning in Pop on the Streets of China, Samuel Horlor 9. Age, Process, and Self-Raising Flour, Cara Stacey 10. Learning Music Aesthetics Through Imperfection: The Transmission of Shakuhachi Music, Kiku Day SECTION 3: COMPOSITION V. IMPROVISATION 11. The Inter-Dependence of Composition and Improvisation, Rohan De Saram 12. Improvising Beyond Hamilton's Aesthetics of Imperfection, Louise Gibbs 13. Better Than Perfect: Dave Brubeck and The Aesthetics of Imperfection, Darius Brubeck 14. The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Jazz and Free Improvisation, Trevor Barre 15. Decisions, Revisions, Intentions and Integrity: A Subjective Understanding of Composition and Improvisation, Paul Edis 16. A Literary Aesthetic of Perfection and Imperfection, Rebecca Wallbank SECTION 4: INTERPRETATION AND FREEDOM 17. Embracing Serendipity in Classical Performance, Stephanie Cant 18. That is Not Freedom, That is Taking License: The Pitfalls in Performing Morton Feldman's Graph Scores, John Snijders 19. Expanding the Ideal: Systemic Music as a Dialogue of Becoming, Kris Tiner SECTION 5: RISK, DISRUPTION AND FAILURE 20. Live Coding and Failure, Shelly Knotts 21. The Aesthetics of Failure, Claire Zakiewicz 22. The Mistake as Material, Corey Mwamba 23. The Aesthetics of Imperfection: Mistakes, and Hearing What You Intend, Enrico Pieranunzi 24. Risk in Improvisation and in Comedy, Donnchadh O'Conaill 25. Risk, Failure and Courage: Improvisation and Stand-Up Comedy, Victor Dura-Vila 26. Inciting Uncertainty, Mike Baggetta 27. Championing Risk and Discovery: Satoko Fujii and the Experimental Composition Improvisation Continuum, Alister Spence SECTION 6: COLLABORATION IN PERFORMANCE 28. Imperfect Unity and Productive Frictions: Ethics and Aesthetics of Play in Dance Improvisation, Annie Kloppenberg 29. Cross Purposes: Imperfect Interactions When Improvising With Others, Graeme B. Wilson 30. An Audience for Free Jazz: Joe McPhee Interviewed, Joe McPhee 31. Is Love Too Strong a Term?The Dissolution of Distinction Between Aesthetics and Sociality in a Moving Orchestra, Jim Denley SECTION 7: THE INSTRUMENTAL IMPULSE 32. The Instrumental Impulse: Developing a Free Improvisation Vocabulary for Alternative Keyboard Instruments, Adam Fairhall 33. Rarely Heard, Small Unwanted Sounds Form the Focus, Dave Brown aka Candlesnuffer 34. The Disagreeable Subject of Varese's Father: In Conversation With David Brown, Reuben Lewis 35. The Necks on the Aesthetics of Imperfection, Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Tony Buck 36. 'Stardust': Seeing and Imagining What isn't There, Martin Mayes SECTION 8: FINISHED AND UNFINISHED WORK 37. Architecture of Imperfection: Unfinished Sketches and Burke's Sublime, Elizabeth Baldwin Gray 38. Still Water Moves, Philip G. Robinson 39. Notating Perfection? Beethoven and the Late String Quartets, Rachel Stroud Index