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1996; Society for Music Theory; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.30535/mto.2.3.1

1067-3040

Channan Willner,

Neuroscience and Music Perception

To the three categories of hemiolas I identified in an earlier study I add a fourth, overlapping hemiolas . Particularly in the Baroque repertoire, and especially in the works of Handel, there are frequent instances of two successive two-bar hemiolas that overlap because they are collapsed onto three bars. I examine the larger context in which their preparation, elaboration, and peroration may represent central compositional issues, especially in light of the brevity of most Baroque compositions.