From Speech to Song: A Response to Johnson, Huron and Collister on the Interaction of Music and Lyrics

Authors

  • Edward Wickham St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i1.3948

Keywords:

intelligibility, singing, lyrics, text setting

Abstract

This commentary addresses some of the methodological difficulties inherent in studying intelligibility in sung text.  It provides observations which complement and critique some of the authors’ hypotheses and conclusions, and offers a caveat to further ‘bottom-up’ studies of text intelligibility in music.

 

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Published

2013-10-24

How to Cite

Wickham, E. (2013). From Speech to Song: A Response to Johnson, Huron and Collister on the Interaction of Music and Lyrics. Empirical Musicology Review, 9(1), 25–28. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v9i1.3948

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014): Empirical Musicology Review

Section

Commentaries

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Copyright (c) 2014 Edward Wickham

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