Semidissonanzen. Ein Beitrag zur Didaktik der Harmonielehre by Hans Aerts

“…Instead, this principle is introduced as an answer to theoretical and practical problems that preoccupied musicians by the early eighteenth century at the latest. …”
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Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM by Stuart Cunningham, Iain McGregor

“…Audio data compression has revolutionised the way in which the music industry and musicians sell and distribute their products. Our previous research presented a novel codec named ACER (Audio Compression Exploiting Repetition), which achieves data reduction by exploiting irrelevancy and redundancy in musical structure whilst generally maintaining acceptable levels of noise and distortion in objective evaluations. …”
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Schnittstellen zwischen performance und Analyse von Popmusik. Performative Produktionsprozesse in Pink Floyds Album Wish You Were Here und Jordan Rudessʼ Coverversion von Genesisʼ... by Hubertus Dreyer, Pascal Horn

“…Both works belong to the prog rock tradition and display a similar level of musical complexity; the way in which these works are complex, however, differs and reflects different production styles: Pink Floydʼs album is the result of a quasi vegetative growth under strong psychological distress, leading to a dense network of musical cross-references throughout the album; Jordan Rudess, on the other hand, proceeds rationally and economically, and the artistic effect of the result owes much to the virtuosity of the musicians.…”
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Sposobin Remains. A Soviet Harmony Textbook’s Twisted Fate in China by Wai Ling Cheong, Ding Hong

“…Characterized by its promulgation of the “scientifically based” theory of harmonic functions, this book was destined to be read by many more musicians in a foreign land. In 1955–56, Boris A. Arapov decreed at meetings held at the Central Conservatory of Music in China that the problem posed by the ethnicization of harmony should be solved by combining musical elements that are considered ethnically distinct with functional harmony. …”
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Urlinie und Zwölftonreihe als Zeitgenossinnen by Martin Eybl

“…At first glance, the two Viennese musicians Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schönberg pursued thoroughly contradictory goals: Schoenberg, a pioneer of new music, sought to further develop and consolidate the composition of atonal music; Schenker, a vocal opponent of modernism, attempted to analytically grasp the structure of tonal music in a new way and establish its immutable validity once and for all. …”
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Facing migration under adverse conditions: challenges and resilience in the Colombo-Venezuelan border area by Gloria Omaira Bautista, Axel Kroeger, Nelly Rosero Castillo, Eduardo Gabriel Osorio Sanchez, Dianne Sofía Gonzales Escobar, Rafael Olarte, Sonia Diaz Monsalve

“…Both groups, but particularly the migrants, belonged to the lower socioeconomic strata according to their educational levels and occupations (street vendors including street musicians and entertainers; 21.6% of migrants and 10.6% of Colombian neighbours). …”
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