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

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

An excerpt taken from a lecture by Professor Martin Kemp...

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

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

From 1600 – 1850, artists in England and, later, in...

Scores of painters and photographers over the last seventy years...

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...