A test of consensus in aesthetic evaluation among professional critics of modern music

Empirical Studies of the Arts

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-258

  Lundy, Duane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST   (United States)

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EID: 82455228764     PISSN: 02762374     EISSN: 15414493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EM.28.2.h     Document Type: Article

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