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Melodic Beauty

Melodic Beauty is a theoretical construct within the philosophy of music aesthetics that identifies and characterizes the intrinsic qualitative properties of melodic structures—such as coherence, contour expressiveness, intervallic balance, and emotional resonance—that distinguish aesthetically preferred melodies from less compelling counterparts.

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21

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9

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2017–2026

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Publications

17

Melody lead in piano performance: Expressive device or artifact?

Werner Goebl · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2001 · 128 citations

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William Blake: the creation of the Songs: from manuscript to illuminated printing

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 104 citations

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Mapping the aesthetic space of literature “from below”

Christine A. Knoop, Valentin Wagner, Thomas Jacobsen et al. · Poetics · 2016 · 80 citations · Full text

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Sensibility and English Song

Karl Kroeger, Steven Banfield, Michael Pilkington · Notes · 1991 · 56 citations

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Quantifying Aesthetic Preference And Perceived Complexity For Fractal Melodies

Michael W. Beauvois · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2007 · 45 citations

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Authors

21

  1. VW
    Valentin Wagner

    Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  2. WM
    Winfried Menninghaus

    Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  3. CA
    Christine A. Knoop

    Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  4. AF
    Allen Forte

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. TD
    Trevor de Clercq

    Middle Tennessee State University, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

9

  1. Helmut Schmidt University

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    80 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  4. Vassar College

    Town of Poughkeepsie, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    128 citations

  6. Luleå University of Technology

    Luleå, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  7. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  8. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 1 publications · 128 citations

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  2. Engaging Students Essays in Music Pedagogy

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. Human Studies

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 104 citations

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  5. Journal of Voice

    1 publications · 43 citations

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