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Page 68
... repetition leads to the concept of rhythm . Repetition opposes multiplicity to unicity ; it impresses on the mind the possibility of multiple occurrences with- out suggesting the concept of periodicity . A completely irregular ...
... repetition leads to the concept of rhythm . Repetition opposes multiplicity to unicity ; it impresses on the mind the possibility of multiple occurrences with- out suggesting the concept of periodicity . A completely irregular ...
Page 154
... repetition , one of the essential proce- dures of composition . One may now interpret repetition as a means [ page 159 ] of di- minishing the over - all originality of the message . The logarithmic law makes evident the importance of ...
... repetition , one of the essential proce- dures of composition . One may now interpret repetition as a means [ page 159 ] of di- minishing the over - all originality of the message . The logarithmic law makes evident the importance of ...
Page 155
... repetition . " Repetition " disappears still faster when several of these procedures are combined . If we suppose the unit of form has a sensibly uniform duration and if we graph , as a function of time or of the number of repetitions ...
... repetition . " Repetition " disappears still faster when several of these procedures are combined . If we suppose the unit of form has a sensibly uniform duration and if we graph , as a function of time or of the number of repetitions ...
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