Philosophy of the Performing Arts [Hardcover]

• Presents the significant philosophical issues concerning the performing arts in an accessible style, assuming no prior knowledge

• Provides a critical overview and a comprehensive framework for thinking about the performing arts

• Examines the assumption that classical music provides the best model for thinking about artistic performance across the performing arts

• Explores ways in which the ‘classical paradigm’ might be extended to other musical genres, to theatre, and to dance

• Applies the thinking on performing arts to the issue of ‘performance art’

Part One Performance and the Classical Paradigm.

1 The Nature of Artistic Performance.

1 Introduction.

2 What is a Performance?

3 Institutional Theories of Artistic Performance.

4 Aesthetic Theories of Artistic Performance.

5 Artistic Performance and Artistic Regard.

6 Overview.

2 The Classical Paradigm I: The Nature of the Performable Work.

1 Introduction: Berthold and Magda Go to the Symphony.

2 The Multiple Nature of Performable Works.

3 Performable Works as Types.

4 Varieties of Type Theories: Sonicism, Instrumentalism, and Contextualism.

5 Other Theories of the Performablel“0