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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."
McClary, Susan (1991). Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816618984. | ||