Mode and Tempo in Western Classical Music of the Common- Practice Era: My Grandmother Was Largely Right – but No One Knows Why
The work of Post and Huron (2009) is an example of how the received wisdom in musicology can be fruitfully challenged by simple empirical procedures – in this case demonstrating a counterintuitive, yet strong, relationship between the minor mode and fast tempi in the Romantic era. The fact that the...
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| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Empirical Musicology Review |
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| Online Access: | https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/36604 |