The music sharp signIV(music flat signV) hypothesis: Testing the limits of Schenker's theory of tonality

Music Theory Spectrum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-183

  Brown, Matthew ^a   Dempster, Douglas ^a   Headlam, Dave ^a  

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EID: 61049085209     PISSN: 01956167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mts.1997.19.2.02a00020     Document Type: Review

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