Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation

The article provides an analysis of tonicization and modulation in western tonal music within the framework of minimalist syntax. In the spirit of Katz and Pesetsky’s 2011 Identity Thesis for Language and Music, I argue that syntactic notions such as Agree and (Phase) Impenetrability may shed light...

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Main Author: Diego Pescarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-09-01
Series:Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/9698
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spelling doaj-37420db17d5d42809454f55b01c9fc112020-11-25T03:14:13ZengFirenze University PressQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali2421-72202020-09-01610.13128/qulso-2421-7220-9698Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulationDiego Pescarini0CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, BCLThe article provides an analysis of tonicization and modulation in western tonal music within the framework of minimalist syntax. In the spirit of Katz and Pesetsky’s 2011 Identity Thesis for Language and Music, I argue that syntactic notions such as Agree and (Phase) Impenetrability may shed light on some aspects of music theory involving dependencies within local domains. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/9698AgreeLocalityMusicPhasesSyntax
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Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
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Music
Phases
Syntax
author_facet Diego Pescarini
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title Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
title_short Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
title_full Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
title_fullStr Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
title_full_unstemmed Locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
title_sort locality in music and syntax: a minimalist analysis of modulation
publisher Firenze University Press
series Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
issn 2421-7220
publishDate 2020-09-01
description The article provides an analysis of tonicization and modulation in western tonal music within the framework of minimalist syntax. In the spirit of Katz and Pesetsky’s 2011 Identity Thesis for Language and Music, I argue that syntactic notions such as Agree and (Phase) Impenetrability may shed light on some aspects of music theory involving dependencies within local domains.
topic Agree
Locality
Music
Phases
Syntax
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/9698
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