On the non-existence of music: Why music theory is a figment of the imagination

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 14, Issue 1_suppl, 2010, Pages 231-255

  Wiggins, Geraint A ^a   Müllensiefen, Daniel ^a   Pearce, Marcus T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

modeling; music and language; semantics; syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991208002     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10298649100140S110     Document Type: Article

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