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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819471503321

Autore

Godlovitch Stan

Titolo

Musical Performance [[electronic resource] ] : A Philosophical Study

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

9780203263170

1-280-33209-3

1-134-65440-5

0-203-26317-0

0-87563-415-X

0-203-02562-8

1-134-65439-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

781.4301

Soggetti

Music

Performance

Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - Performance

Music Philosophy

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Central aspects of performance; A model of musical performance; Skills and Guilds; Challenges to the model; Performances and musical works; Computers, readymades, and artistic agency; Experiments with musical agency; Artists, programs, and performance; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most music we hear comes to us via a recording medium on which sound has been stored. Such remoteness of music heard from music made has become so commonplace it is rarely considered.  Musical Performance: A Philosophical Study considers the implications of this separation for live musical performance and music-making. Rather than examining the composition or perception of music as most



philosophical accounts of music do,  Stan Godlovitch takes up the problem of how the tradition of active music playing and performing has been challenged by technology and what problems this poses