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Some Features of a Musical Work

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If we agree about the foregoing distinctions, then the question becomes even more pressing as to what a musical work really is. The following sketchy analysis of its structure and properties provides groundwork for the solution of this problem.

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Jean G. Harrell

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© 1986 Jean Gabbert Harrell

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Ingarden, R. (1986). Some Features of a Musical Work. In: Harrell, J.G. (eds) The Work of Music and the Problem of Its Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09254-3_5

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