Gendering the semitone, sexing the leading tone: Fourteenth-century music theory and the directed progression

Music Theory Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Lach, Elizabeth Eva ^a  

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Author keywords

Gender; Leading tone; Medieval music theory; Orientalism; Semitone

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449094560     PISSN: 01956167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mts.2006.28.1.1     Document Type: Article

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