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At the annual meeting of the Society for Music Theory in Chapel Hill, NC, in early December 1998, a symposium on Jerrold Levinson's book, Music in the Moment, was held. The moderator was Justin London, and his introduction was followed by several sets of prepared comments and a reply by Levinson. Even though I had not been present at the symposium, I felt that a discussion of Levinson's book would be of interest to readers of Music Perception and invited the participants to submit their contributions. London's introduction and the comments of three symposium participants are presented here in somewhat condensed and revised form. I also thought that it would be good to counterbalance these viewpoints from music theory with at least one set of comments by a music psychologist. Unfortunately, the colleague whom I had invited to provide these comments withdrew at the last minute. Since I had read Levinson's book twice, I decided to fill in at fairly short notice. If my comments are not as trenchant as they might have been, at least I have an excuse. Levinson's reply to all four commentators concludes this discussion. Bruno H. Repp Haskins Laboratories |
