William Sethares

William A. Sethares
Born (1955-04-19) April 19, 1955
Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materCornell University
Known forConsonance
Scientific career
FieldsSignal processing and music theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Doctoral advisorYao Leeh-ter

William A. Sethares (born April 19, 1955) is an American professor of electrical engineering and music theorist at the University of Wisconsin. In music, he has contributed to the theory of dynamic tonality and provided a formalization of consonance.

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