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The musical representation : meaning, ontology, and emotion

by Charles O. Nussbaum

This work presents a naturalistic theory of musical representation based on the relationship between sound physics, the human mind-brain, and evolutionary history. It analyses Western tonal art music as a symbolic system that evokes cognitive and emotional responses.

Accession 10545 ISBN 9780262140966 Publisher MIT Press
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