Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works

This paper defends Musical Stage Theory as a novel account of the ontology of musical works. Its main claim is that a musical work is a performance. The significance of this argument is twofold. First, it demonstrates the availability of an alternative, and ontologically tenable, view to well-establ...

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Main Author: Moruzzi, Caterina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51320/
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description This paper defends Musical Stage Theory as a novel account of the ontology of musical works. Its main claim is that a musical work is a performance. The significance of this argument is twofold. First, it demonstrates the availability of an alternative, and ontologically tenable, view to well-established positions in the current debate on musical metaphysics. Second, it shows how the revisionary approach of Musical Stage Theory actually provides a better account of the ontological status of musical works.
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spelling nottingham-513202018-04-23T10:54:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51320/ Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works Moruzzi, Caterina This paper defends Musical Stage Theory as a novel account of the ontology of musical works. Its main claim is that a musical work is a performance. The significance of this argument is twofold. First, it demonstrates the availability of an alternative, and ontologically tenable, view to well-established positions in the current debate on musical metaphysics. Second, it shows how the revisionary approach of Musical Stage Theory actually provides a better account of the ontological status of musical works. Wiley 2018-03-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51320/1/Every%20Performance%20is%20a%20Stage_Moruzzi.pdf Moruzzi, Caterina (2018) Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism . ISSN 1540-6245 (In Press)
spellingShingle Moruzzi, Caterina
Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title_full Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title_fullStr Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title_full_unstemmed Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title_short Every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
title_sort every performance is a stage: musical stage theory as a novel account for the ontology of musical works
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51320/