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Leonard B. Meyer

The Spheres of Music

A Gathering of Essays

328 pages, 95 musical examples, 8 tables  6 x 9  © 1999

Cloth $70.00

ISBN: 9780226521534   Published July 2000

Paper $27.00

ISBN: 9780226521541   Published July 2000

Preface
I. Prelude
1. Concerning the Sciences, the Arts—AND the Humanities
II. Music, Perception, and Process
2. Grammatical Simplicity and Relational Richness: The Trio of Mozart's G Minor Symphony
3. Process and Morphology in the Music of Mozart
4. Melodic Processes and the Perception of Music (with Burton S. Rosner)
III. Music, Culture, and History
5. Exploiting Limits: Creation, Archetypes, and Style Change
6. Nature, Nurture, and Convention: The Cadential Six-Four Progression
7. A Pride of Prejudices; Or, Delight in Diversity
IV. Postlude
8. A Universe of Universals
Index
Subjects



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