Concepedia

Tonal Closure

Tonal Closure is a theoretical construct in tonal analysis that designates the perceptual and structural resolution of a musical passage through the affirmation of a central tonal center, distinguishing it from other tonal processes by its definitive function in demarcating the end of a tonal trajectory.

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The Perception of Large-Scale Tonal Closure

Nicholas Cook · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1987 · 196 citations

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Perceiving the Classical Cadence

David R. W. Sears, William E. Caplin, Stephen McAdams · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2012 · 81 citations · Full text

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Back and Forth from<i>Egmont</i>: Beethoven, Mozart, and the Nonresolving Recapitulation

James Hepokoski · 19th-Century Music · 2001 · 79 citations

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The Effect of Modulation and Formal Manipulation on Perception of Tonic Closure by Expert Listeners

Elizabeth West Marvin, Alexander R. Brinkman · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1999 · 73 citations

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Silences in Music are Musical Not Silent: An Exploratory Study of Context Effects on the Experience of Musical Pauses

Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2007 · 53 citations

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Authors

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    Michael Spitzer

    Graz University of Technology, Austria

    1 publications · 31 citations

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    Mark Anson‐Cartwright

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. SM
    Stephen McAdams

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 81 citations

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    Patrick McCreless

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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    Elizabeth West Marvin

    University of Rochester, United States

    1 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  2. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    243 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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  1. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

    4 publications · 403 citations

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  2. Music Theory Online

    MTO · 1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. Music Analysis

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Journal of the Royal Musical Association

    1 publications · 31 citations

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