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Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means during the period from 1600 to 1900 for arousing and channeling desire.
Susan McClary
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Susan McClary
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 2
Musicologist
St. Louis
Missouri
Susan Kaye McClary
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