live performance

collocation in English

meaningsofliveandperformance

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live
adjective
uk
/laɪv/
us
/laɪv/
having ...
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performance
noun
uk
/pəˈfɔː.məns/
us
/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
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(Definition ofliveandperformancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflive performance

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Liveperformanceis understood by collectors to be the 'truest' way of playing music.
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It was being announced on the telly and in the papers that the entire work was going to get its firstliveperformance.
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This surely is an archive appropriate for the documentation of the valued liveness ofliveperformance.
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The performances of all these works are very fine, the result of good preparation inliveperformance and sympathy with the very diverse styles involved.
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The disembodied music comes to a halt, and the musicians, as they would in aliveperformance, re-gear for the next track.
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The first is the prioritisation ofliveperformancewithin popular music culture.
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Sometimes aliveperformanceis encountered, but these too are 'preprogrammed'.
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But how is the position of the female singer in theliveperformanceof electroacoustic music?
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Nevertheless, inliveperformanceconditions my perception of the sounding intimacy of gestural space is not preserved over any distance.
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Oddly, the idea thatliveperformancemust be saved from disappearance is not held as a position incompatible with the valuation of performance as ephemeral.
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Films are made in parts - frames and tracks - that can be combined in ways aliveperformancecannot duplicate.
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Inliveperformancethere is no safety net; the artist cannot start again or make an overdub.
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Similar to sampling, the resulting tones sounded too consistent and lacked the expressive variation ofliveperformance.
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Inliveperformanceon stage, the choir is a striking visual component.
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This was followed by visits to aliveperformanceand discussions of the work after the concert.
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Most factors that characteriseliveperformancecould be supposed to enhance listeners' cognitive, affective and evaluative experiences.
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