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Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly

What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful...

We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...

The species we recognise as our own - anatomically modern...

In the early 20th century, the system of tonal harmony...

In this lecture, we shall explore a colourful collection of...

In this lecture, we will delve into the history of...

Composers of tonal music, from the 17th century through to...

The name might sound forbiddingly technical, but the chord is...

The major triad is considered the foundation of tonal music...

This lecture will follow the tortuous path of Prokofiev’s transformation into a Soviet artist.