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The perception of tone that produced the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century works to which this statement probably refers was the perception of singular individuals. The dynamic of tone perception as individual experience, as thoroughly explored by…
Nancy Garniez
Since the name Zuckerkandl entered the discussion I feel compelled to point out that his thoughtful consideration of issue of notation in relation to dynamic listening, led to my work, Tonal Refraction. It has been called a reverse no…
I, too, find it absolutely essential to have access to more than one model in order to begin to make sense of music. The model I created, Tonal Refraction, is a way of dealing with the infinite variability not only of tone but of the perception of …
This is really an urgent topic as what is at stake in the curatorial aspect of programming is the vitality of the listening audience. Too much recent programming has simply mimicked CD programming, including the dead spaces between tracks (movement…