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Susan McClary Quotes

born 1946

Susan McClary (born 2 October 1946) is a musicologist considered to be a significant figure in the "New Musicology". She is the author of Feminine Endings and Conventional Wisdom.

Also known as: McClary, Susan

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It is important to remember that there really is very little resembling criticism of any sort in musicology.

"Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means during the period from 1600 to 1900 for arousing and channeling desire."

Susan (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Susan McClary (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.