The Contrast Principle, Typicality, and Cultural Longevity in 19th-Century Symphony Slow Movements: A Corpus Analysis

The notion of contrast is integral to both aesthetic and psychological accounts of attention and interest. It therefore represents a useful heuristic for understanding contrasting slow movements in Western art music. Based on the observation from music theory that within-movement tonal contrast (mod...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey McDonald, Clemens Wöllner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-07-01
Series:Music & Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231182275