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This course examines changing concepts of performance and performers in Western art music from the eighteenth century through the present. Topics will include the work concept, virtuosity, improvisation, the idea of textual fidelity, and historically informed performance (HIP). As we explore these topics, we will consider how the act of performing music has engaged discourses on broader issues such as gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, technology, and religion.