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Articles

Musical Tension over Time: Listeners’ Physiological Responses to the ‘Retransition’ in Classical Sonata Form

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Pages 271-286 | Received 07 Apr 2014, Accepted 07 Apr 2015, Published online: 17 Sep 2015

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