BAIN MUSC 525
Post-Tonal Theory

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Music and Mathematics

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Research

Bridges: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture {The Bridges Organization}

Journal of Music and Mathematics {Taylor & Francis}

Leonardo {MIT Press} & Leonardo Music Journal {MIT Press}

Proceedings of the Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM) Conference: 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022

Theory Journals: Music Theory Online {MTO}; Music Theory Spectrum {Oxford Academic}; Perspectives of New Music {PNM}

Learning Abstract Algebra

Socratica, Abstract Algebra

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