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1292A theory for all music : problems and solutions in the analysis of non-Western formsUniversity of Toronto Press. 1983.Professor Rahn takes the approach to the analysis of Western art music developed recently by theorists such as Benjamin Boretz and extends it to address non-Western forms. In the process, he rejects recent ethnomusicological formulations based on mentalism, cultural determinism, and the psychology of perception as potentially fruitful bases for analysing music in general. Instead he stresses the desirability of formulating a theory to deal with all music, rather than merely Western forms, and em…Read more
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1From Similarity to Distance; From Simplicity to Complexity; From Pitches to Intervals; From Description to Causal ExplanationMusic Theory Online (0.9): 1-9. 1994.Words and phrases specifying similarity and distance abound in musical discourse. This essay explores such pitch-predicates as "matches", "is in the vicinity of, and "is closer to ... than to". Sought here are ways in which pitch and pitch-interval predicates might be inter-connected logically. Within a nominalist framework, an orderly progression from pitch- to pitch-interval-predicates can be proven and interpreted in terms of simplicity. Also indicated are connections between the present form…Read more
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209Marchetto of Padua, Lucidarium, authentic, plagal, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, mixed, odd numbers, even numbers, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Alcmaeon of Croton, causa significationis, dyapente, diatesseron, concord, senaria, Pomerium, Donatus, Vetulus, mode 5, commixed, corda, discant, dyad, voice leading
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