Tonal and "Anti-Tonal" Cognitive Structure in Viennese Twelve-Tone Rows
We show that the twelve-tone rows of Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern are "anti-tonal"—that is, structured to avoid or undermine listener's tonal schemata. Compared to randomly generated rows, segments from Schoenberg's and Webern's rows have significantly lower fit to maj...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Empirical Musicology Review |
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| Online Access: | https://emusicology.org/article/view/7655 |