The dynamics of expressive piano performance: Schumann's 'Traumerei' revisited

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 641-650

  Repp, Bruno H ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; MUSIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030036482     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.415889     Document Type: Article

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