A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: June 3, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780262621076
Subjects: Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830); Cognition & cognitive psychology; Theory of music & musicology; Music Theory; Psychology Of Music; Language Arts & Disciplines; Performing Arts; Language; General; Instruction & Study - Theory; Music / General; Linguistics
First sentence: We take the goal of a theory of music to be a formal description of the musical intuitions of a listener who is experienced in a musical idiom.