The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts: Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished - Andy Hamilton - Books - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 9781350331037 - April 21, 2022
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The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts: Spontaneity, Flaws and the Unfinished

Andy Hamilton

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

The aesthetics of imperfection emphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation. This comprehensive collection is the first time imperfection has been explored across all kinds of musical performance, whether improvisation or interpretation of compositions.

Covering music, visual art, dance, comedy, architecture and design, it addresses the meaning, experience, and value of improvisation and spontaneous creation across different artistic media. A distinctive feature of the volume is that it brings together contributions from theoreticians and practitioners, presenting a wider range of perspectives on the issues involved. Contributors look at performance and practice across Western and non-Western musical, artistic and craft forms. Composers and non-performing artists offer a perspective on what is 'imperfect' or improvisatory within their work, contributing further dimensions to the discourse.

The Aesthetics of Imperfection in Music and the Arts features 39 chapters organised into eight sections and written by a diverse group of scholars and performers. They consider divergent definitions of aesthetics, employing both 18th-century philosophy and more recent socially and historically situated conceptions making this an essential, up-to-date resource for anyone working on either side of the perfection-imperfection debate.


416 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 21, 2022
ISBN13 9781350331037
Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages 416
Dimensions 235 × 156 × 27 mm   ·   642 g
Language English  
Editor Hamilton, Andy (Durham University, UK)
Editor Pearson, Dr Lara (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany)

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