%0 Journal Article %1 Mag08 %A Magnus, P. D. %D 2008 %J British Journal of Aesthetics %K Magnus article imperfection improvisation kor-2008 music performance recording year-2008 %N 3 %P 338 - 345 %T Mag Uidhir on Performance %V 48 %X Christy Mag Uidhir has recently argued (a) that there is no in principle aesthetic difference between a live performance and a recording of that performance, and (b) that the proper aesthetic object is a type which is instantiated by the performance and potentially repeatable when recordings are played back. This paper considers several objections to (a) and fi nds them lacking. I then consider improvised music, a subject that Mag Uidhir explicitly brackets in his discussion. Improvisation reveals problems with (b), because the performance-event and the performance-type are distinct but equally proper aesthetic objects.

@article{Mag08, abstract = {Christy Mag Uidhir has recently argued (a) that there is no in principle aesthetic difference between a live performance and a recording of that performance, and (b) that the proper aesthetic object is a type which is instantiated by the performance and potentially repeatable when recordings are played back. This paper considers several objections to (a) and fi nds them lacking. I then consider improvised music, a subject that Mag Uidhir explicitly brackets in his discussion. Improvisation reveals problems with (b), because the performance-event and the performance-type are distinct but equally proper aesthetic objects.}, added-at = {2008-09-03T16:12:06.000+0200}, author = {Magnus, P. D.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/278da8c8e78f522ec01c1e354bec82e13/kregulski}, description = {Volltext über die Nationallizenzen von Oxford Journals erhältlich}, interhash = {f9857d1ebfab915d8e8274e90b843e44}, intrahash = {78da8c8e78f522ec01c1e354bec82e13}, journal = {British Journal of Aesthetics}, keywords = {Magnus article imperfection improvisation kor-2008 music performance recording year-2008}, number = 3, pages = {338 - 345}, timestamp = {2008-09-04T10:24:00.000+0200}, title = {Mag Uidhir on Performance}, volume = 48, year = 2008 }