DISQUS

DSM · 6 months ago

Several years ago John Sloboda published a nice paper with Steinbeis and Koelsch [then] at Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig (link above), showing the association of affect with breach of harmonic-expectancy. The interesting passing dissonances and violations of harmonic expectations are, I think, why the Marais piece seemed so sad... are why, too, that work captured my imagination and led me to post this stuff.

dsm.