Episode Synopsis "Episode 8: "Sideways music", Ned Markosian"

The focus of this episode is Ned Markosian's paper "Sideways music, published in Analysis in 2019.Link to the paper: https://academic.oup.com/analysis/article-abstract/80/1/51/5543488?redirectedFrom=fulltextSupport the Show.

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