Dissonance Within Discordance: The Influence of Equal Temperament on the Aesthetic Evaluation of Second Viennese Atonality

This thesis draws a distinction between the nature of intonation and tuning in tonal and atonal music. I describe the musical aesthetic of the Second Viennese School as conditioned by and born out of equal temperament. In contrast, tonal music often employs intonation that varies from equal temperam...

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Main Author: Shields, John
Other Authors: Boss, Jack
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19204