The way in which music is or has been performed, especially as concerns issues of authenticity or appropriateness of style in the performance of music from a particular repertoire or date; the study of this as an academic discipline.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. After German Aufführungspraxis.
Definition of performance practice in US English:
performance practice
noun
Music
The way in which music is or has been performed, especially as concerns issues of authenticity or appropriateness of style in the performance of music from a particular repertoire or date; the study of this as an academic discipline.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. After German Aufführungspraxis.