A temporary institution constructed to persist the transmission of musical meaning by aggregating human attention through scheduled presence, spatial arrangement, and acoustic or mediated amplification, thereby converting solitary listening into a synchronized communal ritual governed by conventions of silence, applause, and repertoire.
Accepted ontology entry
concert
A temporary institution constructed to persist the transmission of musical meaning by aggregating human attention through scheduled presence, spatial arrangement, and acoustic or mediated amplification, thereby converting solitary listenin…
Definition
Why it is in scope
A structured social framework constructed to persist the collective consumption of musical performance by organizing performers, audience, and temporal boundaries into a shared aesthetic event.
Names and aliases
- concerten · CANONICAL
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- cmrclyl0g00mq94753p1ij4yvSERVES →
A concert is built and maintained for the sake of music — its designed purpose is to present musical works to an audience. The test for SERVES (Law 8d): for whose sake? The concert points at music as its master. The note shows the purpose is by design — concerts are organized specifically to further music's performance, dissemination, and cultural role.
- cms550tvb00w7i9iq9x278qvfINSTANCE_OF →
A concert is a specific kind of performance — a live musical performance before an audience. A competent speaker would call a concert a performance. Per Law 9, specific→general.
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- Jul 27, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC
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