An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity

Morizzi, Caterina

Abstract

In this paper I defend a contextualist interpretation of authenticity in musical performance: we judge a performance as authentic not in respect to a stable set of requirements but according to contextually determined factors. This solution is the natural outcome of an independently supported ontological account of musical works: Musical Stage Theory. The aim of the paper is to give new momentum to the debate concerning the notion of authenticity and to challenge a monistic interpretation of authenticity: there is not one authenticity but many.

Citation

Morizzi, C. (2019). An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity. British Journal of Aesthetics, 59(4), 413-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayz020

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 5, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jul 29, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 29, 2019
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 31, 2019
• Journal: The British Journal of Aesthetics
• Print ISSN: 0007-0904
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2842
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 413-427
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayz020
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1672417
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aesthj/ayz020/5540151