Mark DeVoto
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LOCATION: Eastport, ME, United States
Professor of Music, Emeritus, Tufts University. Editor, International Alban Berg Society Newsletter, 1968-75; author of numerous articles on musical topics.
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Modulation, in music, the change from one key to another and the process by which this change is brought about. Modulation is a fundamental resource for variety in tonal music, particularly in larger forms. A short piece such as a song, hymn, or dance may remain in a single key. Longer pieces…
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