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Articles

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  • Horsley, Imogene, “The Diminutions in Composition and Theory of Composition”, Acta Musicologica 35, no. 2/3, 1963
  • Horsley, Imogene, “The Renaissance Attitude Toward Interpretation in Instrumental Performance”, Renaissance News 10, no. 2, 1957
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  • Schubert, Peter, “Recombinant melody: Ten things to love about Willaert’s music.” Current Musicology no. 75, 2003
  • Treitler, Leo, “Speaking of the I-Word.” In: The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, edited by George E. Lewis, and Benjamin Piekut, 2:258–282. Two volumes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Online articles