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Fred Lerdahl

Alfred Whitford (Fred) Lerdahl (born March 10, 1943) is an American music theorist and composer. Best known for his work on musical grammar, cognition, rhythmic theory, and pitch space, he and the linguist Ray Jackendoff developed the Chomsky-inspired generative theory of tonal music.

Lerdahl has written numerous orchestral and chamber works, three of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Music: ''Time after Time'' in 2001, String Quartet No. 3 in 2010, and ''Arches'' in 2011. He is a Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition at Columbia University. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Tonal Pitch Space. by Lerdahl, Fred

    Published 2005
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