Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!talley From: talley@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (James T. Talley) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Review of NOVA this Tuesday - What is Music?" Summary: Clynes references Keywords: Clynes Nova Message-ID: <1036@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 14 Apr 90 22:28:25 GMT References: <3757@uudell.dell.com> <24012@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State Univ CTE Lines: 43 In article <24012@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> maverick@fir.berkeley.edu (Vance Maverick) writes: > > Was his experiment really conducted under the circumstances shown in the > program? The subject we saw was given a slip with the seven universals >written out, > and asked to match to them the gestures he had been taught. If this is >what Clynes > did, the reality of the universals is pretty dubious. If one of the gestures > reminded me strongly of broccoli and faintly of sex, I would only have >one choice. > > > Does anyone out there know this work? I trust there's more to it than we saw > on Tuesday. I have the following references for Clynes: Clynes, M. & Walker, J. (1982). Neurobiologic Functions of Rhythm, Time, and Pulse in Music. In M. Clynes (Ed.), _Music, Mind, and Brain: The Neuropsychology of Music_ (pp. 171-216). New York: Plenum Press. Clynes, M. & Walker, J. (1986). Music as Time's Measure. _Music Perception_ 4, 85-120. The work discussed on Nova is not covered in these articles. The first reference above has a bibiography including material on Clynes work with "Sentics", which is a term he uses when discussing emotion and music. (I'm afraid that I haven't read too much of this and none of it very recently.) He also has published some articles on his measurement of the lengths of performances. He compared the lengths of a musican's performances of a particular composition over a period of years. For example, he measured performances in 1935, 1938, and 1948 of Brahms' Haydn Variations as conducted by Toscanini. He finds consistent lengths even over a period of years. Frankly, I've never found his work very interesting, but you're welcome to try it yourself. James Talley talley@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu