Involuntary affinities.
Presents the composer-author's observations on the changes in western music and performance in the 20th century. Western music's willingness to sacrifice many minute distinctions of pitch and rhythm; Compromise made by tuning systems; Concept of meter; Preference for clear boundaries; Nature and pa...
| Published in: | Southwest Review Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 424 - 444 |
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Southern Methodist University
1990
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