He Was the Very Model of a Modern Musicologist

From his first and most famous book-Emotion and Meaning in Music (1956)-to his last-The Spheres of Music (2000)- Meyer broke ground on subjects that other musicologists feared, disdained, or simply ignored, including melodic structure, implication and realization, closure, rhythm and meter, the evol...

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Published in:	Music perception Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 488 - 489
Main Author:	Rozin, Alexander
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley University of California Press 01-06-2008 University of California Press Books Division
Subjects:	Coltrane, John Computer science Cultural change Cultural factors Ideology Linguistics Music Music analysis Music cognition Music criticism Music psychology Musical forms Musical meter Musical perception Musical rhythm Musical structure Musicology Rhythm Tributes to Leonard B. Meyer
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Summary:	From his first and most famous book-Emotion and Meaning in Music (1956)-to his last-The Spheres of Music (2000)- Meyer broke ground on subjects that other musicologists feared, disdained, or simply ignored, including melodic structure, implication and realization, closure, rhythm and meter, the evolution of style, the influence of culture and ideology on musical experience, and defining the musical parameters.
ISSN:	0730-7829 1533-8312
DOI:	10.1525/mp.2008.25.5.488