Music in the Galant Style is an authoritative and readily understandable study of the core compositional style of the eighteenth century. Gjerdingen adopts a unique approach, based on a massive but
What's so special about music? We experience it internally, yet at the same time it is highly social. Music engages our cognitive/affective and sensory systems. We use music to communicate with one an
Christensen (music and the humanities, U. of Chicago) et al. present four essays based on lectures they gave at the Fourth International Orpheus Academy for Music Theory in 2006 on "Music Theory: Thor