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The Nature and Value of Accessibility in Western Art-Music, 1950-1970

Hands, Rachel M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1236091441

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2009, M.M., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Music History.
It often happens that a composer or performer of contemporary music, in preparing for a performance, asks the question: “Will my audience get it?” When the answer is “probably not,” a second question may arise: “Should I care?” This study takes up the latter question in detail. Put more specifically, the question at hand is: Should we take accessibility into consideration when we compose, perform, and criticize music? This, in turn, raises at least two other broad questions, both of which will be explored in this thesis. The first is “What is the nature of accessibility in music?” The second is “Should we consider accessibility a desirable quality of music?” To answer these questions, I use music cognition research and philosophical studies on musical understanding to characterize accessibility, and draw from that characterization to arrive at a way of determining its value.
Edward Nowacki, PhD (Advisor)
Jeongwon Joe, PhD (Committee Member)
Randy Gardner (Committee Member)
98 p.
Music
music; accessibility; 20th century music; music philosophy

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  • Hands, R. M. (2009). The Nature and Value of Accessibility in Western Art-Music, 1950-1970 [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1236091441

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hands, Rachel. The Nature and Value of Accessibility in Western Art-Music, 1950-1970. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1236091441.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hands, Rachel. "The Nature and Value of Accessibility in Western Art-Music, 1950-1970." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1236091441

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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