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Set-class Theory

Set-Class Theory is a formal method in post-tonal music theory that classifies pitch-class sets into equivalence classes based on transpositional and inversional relationships, enabling the systematic analysis of harmonic and structural organization in atonal music.

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2017–2026

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Pitch-class Set Theory

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Publications

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New cyclic difference sets with Singer parameters

J. F. Dillon, Hans Dobbertin · Finite Fields and Their Applications · 2004 · 283 citations

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Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory

Catherine Nolan, Joseph Straus · Journal of Music Theory · 1991 · 277 citations

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Voice-Leading Parsimony in the Music of Alexander Scriabin

Clifton Callender · Journal of Music Theory · 1998 · 90 citations

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Set theory and the continuum problem

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 86 citations

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<i>Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music</i>

Bradley Lehman · Physics Today · 2008 · 69 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RM
    Robert Morris

    Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil

    3 publications · 137 citations

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  2. JS
    Joseph Straus

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    2 publications · 329 citations

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  3. DT
    Dmitri Tymoczko

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  4. JK
    Jonathan Kochavi

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. SH
    Stephen Heinemann

    1 publications · 41 citations

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Institutions

11

  1. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Mersin Üniversitesi

    Mersin, Türkiye

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  4. Ithaca College

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. National Security Agency

    Fort George Meade, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    283 citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Music Theory

    9 publications · 573 citations

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  2. Music Theory Spectrum

    3 publications · 116 citations

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  3. Perspectives of New Music

    3 publications · 89 citations

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  4. Physics Today

    1 publications · 69 citations

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  5. Journal of Mathematics and Music

    1 publications · 14 citations

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