Further Perceptual Evaluations of Pulse Microstructure in Computer Performances of Classical Piano Music.
| Number | 730 |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Drawer | 13 |
| Entry Date | 11/15/1999 |
| Authors | Repp, B. H. |
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| Publication | Music Perception, 8, 1-33. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0730.pdf |
| Abstract | Examined reactions of 133 listeners representing a wide range of musical experience to computer performances that implemented "composers' pulses" (i.e., patterns of expressive microstructure [MS] that convey composers' personalities) proposed by M. Clynes (e.g., 1986). The initial bars of 5 piano pieces by 4 composers (Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert) were generated by computer with pulses and in a deadpan version. Ss judged to what extent each computer performance had the composer's individual expression, relative to the deadpan version. Ss preferred the Beethoven and Haydn pulses. The pattern of pulses varied significantly among pieces but varied little among composers. Results indirectly support the notion that expressive variation is contingent on musical structure but do not support fixed, composer-specific patterns of expressive MS. |
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