182 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction PART I Central aspects of performance 1 A model of musical performance 2 Skills and Guilds PART II Challenges to the model 3 Performances and musical works 4 Computers, ready-mades, and artistic agency 5 Experiments with musical agency 6 Artists, programs, and performance
Biography
Stan Godlovitch is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lincoln University, New Zealand.
