Backgrounds are pervasive in almost every application of general relativity. Here we consider the Lagrangian formulation of general relativity for large perturbations with respect to a curved background spacetime. We show that Noethers theorem combined with Belinfantes symmetrization method applied to the group of displacements provide a conserved vector, a superpotential and a energy-momentum that are independent of any divergence added to the Hilbert Lagrangian of the perturbations. The energy-momentum is symmetrical and divergenceless only on backgrounds that are Einstein spaces in the sense of A.Z.Petrov.
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