Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] [External] Re: [AUDITORY] David Huron (1954-2025) From: Dennis Hamm <dennis@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 22:19:22 -0700--Apple-Mail-5ED3B798-4BFF-458B-AB9F-BE9477B54699 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Thank you, Aniruddh!</div><div><br></d= iv><div>What perfect and timely words from David here at the end of his inte= rview upon his retirement from Ohio State:</div><div><br></div><div><p style= =3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: n= ormal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; f= ont-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: n= ormal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-v= ariant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing:= auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">DS: You and I have had conversation= s about the role of power structures in research. I do think that an importa= nt aspect of research is the chronicling of how institutions are complicit i= n power, and I think that a criticism of science is that it is hardly engage= d at all in this enterprise. How do you respond to that?</p><p style=3D"marg= in: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; l= ine-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-ker= ning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal;= font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant= -position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto;= font-variation-settings: normal;"><br></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= DH: There's so much to say here, let me just make one small point.</font></p= ><p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; fon= t-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adju= st: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-= ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: no= rmal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opt= ical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"= ><br></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= Foucault was ostensibly a psychoanalyst, but I think he had rather a limited= understanding of people's motives. He placed the pursuit of power as the ul= timate motivator and, as you point out, he encouraged us to analyze interact= ions as contestations of power. I think power is important, but it's not the= most important human motivator.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-sty= le: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: norm= al; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font= -variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-nu= meric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: norma= l; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-= settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><br></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= When I've been out in the field, in Micronesia, it's clear that what people m= ost crave is simple acknowledgement. The world is oblivious to the existence= of Palauans or Yapese. They live and die in a world that couldn't care less= about their existence. They're well aware of that, and it hurts. I think Ot= is Redding hit the nail on the head with R-E-S-P-E-C-T. People want to be ac= knowledged, respected, appreciated, perhaps even admired.</font></p><p style= =3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: n= ormal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; f= ont-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: n= ormal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-v= ariant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing:= auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><br></font>= </p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= I'm sure there are people who are motivated primarily or exclusively by the p= ursuit of power, but I think that's a very small minority. Of course, all yo= u have to do is look at the behavior of scholars to see this ambition at wor= k. Surely every philosopher, academic, and writer who has ever put words to p= aper was primarily after respect, not power=E2=80=94including Foucault. Or c= onsider Donald Trump. He made no secret that his ambition was to have his li= keness added to Mount Rushmore. Getting your face carved on Mount Rushmore i= sn't about gaining power; it's about the pursuit of admiration.</font></p><p= style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-w= idth: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust:= none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-lig= atures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: norma= l; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optica= l-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><b= r></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= Of course, an advertiser knows how to transmute fame into fortune. And fortu= ne can, at least in many circumstances, buy power. But I think the traffic i= s mainly the other way. People who have money and power crave to transform t= hat into respect and admiration.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-sty= le: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: norm= al; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font= -variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-nu= meric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: norma= l; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-= settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><br></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= There's that wonderful line in Aisling Walsh's (2016) film portrayal of the l= ife of the folk painter Maud Lewis. On her deathbed, Maud's last utterance i= s a touching declaration of the greatest achievement in her life: "I was lov= ed," she said, and then slowly closed her eyes for the last time. In an othe= rwise impoverished life struggling with awful health, she had transformed an= initially callous and indifferent husband into a compassionate man who ulti= mately sustained her with the gift of unconditional love. Fortunately, peopl= e can thrive on remarkably little admiration.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0= px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-= height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning= : auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; fon= t-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-pos= ition: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; fon= t-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><br></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= It's the pursuit of respect or admiration that explains not just why people s= eek high office, but also of the reverse, people who seek low office. Hermit= s, ascetics, friars, nuns=E2=80=94they might choose a life of poverty and se= lf-denial, but they still seek a life that is respected, even if that's ulti= mately solely self-respect. I think it's only psychopaths who choose power o= ver admiration.</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= Sure, power is a real motivation, and there are important insights to be gai= ned by the analysis of power relationships. And of course, we should expose t= he efforts of powerful people and institutions to commandeer and abuse the p= ower they accrue. But in my opinion, the current focus on the analysis of po= wer misconstrues what's most important to people. The main human motivation i= s that we are somehow acknowledged. Given the choice, most people would pref= er being admired over being powerful. Being loved, even if that's by a singl= e person=E2=80=94that's the cherry on the cake of life.</font></p><p style=3D= "margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: nor= mal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; fo= nt-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: n= ormal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-v= ariant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing:= auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721"><br></font>= </p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font= -width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjus= t: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-l= igatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: nor= mal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-opti= cal-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><font color=3D"#508721">= When we discuss or analyze a musical work, performance, or culture, our firs= t achievement is to have acknowledged the existence of the people who create= d it. That, by itself, is a mitzvah=E2=80=94a good deed.</font></p></div><di= v><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignatur= e"><div dir=3D"ltr">- Dennis Hamm<div>dennis@xxxxxxxx</div></div><div d= ir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 10, 2025, at 9:13=E2=80=AFPM= , Patel, Aniruddh D. <a.patel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></= div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dear List,</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I strongly resonate with Robert Zatorre's note about David Huron. Davi= d played a key role in making music cognition the vibrant research area it i= s today, and his signature combination of deep knowledge of musical structur= e and history, empirical acumen, enthusiasm for cross-disciplinary thinking and research, and personal kindness and war= mth all made him a treasured colleague. </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> For those that would like a sample of his broad research interests, he has n= umerous research videos on Vimeo:</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href=3D"https://vimeo.com/user8725919" id=3D"OWA1f428d03-51fc-bbe0-5526-4= ad6f53fee9d" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">https://vimeo.com/user8725919</a></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> And here is an interview with David about "research methodology, public musi= cology, music and emotion, formal theory, the place of biology in music stud= ies, and other topics":</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href=3D"https://emusicology.org/index.php/EMR/article/view/8103/6032" id=3D= "OWAfe36a908-1f7c-41bb-8784-a0ba93e0f537" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">https://emus= icology.org/index.php/EMR/article/view/8103/6032</a></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Regards,</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Ani</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Aniruddh D. Patel</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Tufts University</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> CIFAR Fellow <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Brain, Mind, and Consciousness Program</div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:= 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href=3D"https://as.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel" id= =3D"OWAf685d5a7-8b61-1124-ff4b-d98b402e38e0" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">https://a= s.tufts.edu/psychology/people/faculty/aniruddh-patel</a><br> </div> </div> <div id=3D"appendonsend"></div> <hr style=3D"display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" sty= le=3D"font-size:11pt" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research in A= uditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Robert J Za= torre, Dr <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 8, 2025 5:36 PM<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Subject:</b> [External] Re: [AUDITORY] David Huron (1954-2025)</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"x_elementToProof" style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rg= b(0,0,0)"> Dear List</div> <div class=3D"x_elementToProof" style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rg= b(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"x_elementToProof" style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rg= b(0,0,0)"> I was very saddened to hear the news about David Huron. His voice uniquely b= ridged the worlds of music theory, cognitive psychology, emotion research, a= nd neuroscience. He was always full of new ideas but never wedded to them=E2= =80=94he just wanted to satisfy his great curiosity. His masterpiece, "Sweet Anticipation" influenced my own work and= that of many other scholars working on music cognition. Best of all, he pos= sessed that rare combination of an ebullient, kind, caring personality with a= n incisive and creative mind.</div> <div class=3D"x_elementToProof" style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rg= b(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"x_elementToProof" style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFon= t,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rg= b(0,0,0)"> His loss will be deeply felt.</div> <div id=3D"x_Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calib= ri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calib= ri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Robert</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Robert Zatorre, PhD</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Professor and Canada Research Chair</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Montreal Neurological Institute</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> McGill University</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> 3801 University</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Montreal QC H3A2B4</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Canada</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt= ; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <a href=3D"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-perception-to-pleasu= re-9780197558287" id=3D"OWAdaa2a977-5df2-54e1-32e9-9e3b231b5cb8" class=3D"x_= OWAAutoLink" title=3D"https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3D= https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup.com%2Facademic%2Fproduct%2Ffrom-perception-to-pleas= ure-9780197558287&data=3D05%7C01%7Crobert.zatorre%40mcgill.ca%7Cbfbc5e80= 0ed24ce1cf9e08dbbea21d95%7Ccd31967152e74a68afa9fcf8f89f09ea%7C0%7C0%7C638313= 375844378842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJ= BTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3DS%2FBFp9mbBEe7slid9y= 34i1DlmQrEhBZk7YLerHnlBc8%3D&reserved=3D0">From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It</a></d= iv> </div> <div id=3D"x_appendonsend"></div> <hr tabindex=3D"-1" style=3D"display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id=3D"x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" c= olor=3D"#000000" style=3D"font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research i= n Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> on behalf of Pierre D= ivenyi <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Sent:</b> June 6, 2025 01:31<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: David Huron (1954-2025)</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir=3D"auto">Sad news. I liked David a lot. <div>Pierre</div> <div><br id=3D"x_x_lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Pardon my typos. It's Apple's fault. </div> <div dir=3D"ltr"><br> <blockquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 5, 2025, at 21:23, Daniel T Shanahan <da= niel.shanahan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:<br> <br> </blockquote> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style>@xxxxxxxx { font-family: "Cambria Math"; } @xxxxxxxx { font-family: Aptos; } p.x_x_MsoNormal, li.x_x_MsoNormal, div.x_x_MsoNormal { margin: 0in; font-siz= e: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; } span.x_x_EmailStyle17 { font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: windowtext; }= @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 { margin: 1in; }</style> <div class=3D"x_x_WordSection1"> <p class=3D"x_x_MsoNormal"><span style=3D"">Dear Colleagues,<br> <br> I'm writing to share the unfortunate news of David Huron's passing. Much mor= e will be written in the coming days and weeks about David, but for now I wi= ll just say that, in addition to being a brilliant scholar and pioneer in th= e fields of music cognition and music theory, he was an example of how to live a meaningful and rewarding l= ife of the mind while nurturing and supporting the work of junior scholars, s= tudents, and the community. As recently as Monday, he was hard at work on mu= ltiple projects, all of which will see the light of day soon.<br> <br> Like many of you, David's impact on my life cannot be overstated. I re= cently asked if he wanted to say anything to the community, and being a good= empiricist, I asked him this multiple times as a test for intra-rater valid= ity. On all occasions, he replied that he was "just so thankful to all of the musicians for all of the beauti= ful music." <br> <br> He will be sorely missed. <br> <br> An obituary is below.<br> <br> David Brian Huron (n=C3=A9 Harrison). Born June 1, 1954 in Peace R= iver, Alberta, Canada. Died in Benicia, California on June 5th, from cancer.= Son of Allan Henry Harrison (1919-2011) and Luella Gertrude Scott (1925-201= 1). Survived by long-time partner and spouse Kristin Precoda, brothers Douglas Allan, Kenneth Bruce, sister Marion Gaye,= in-laws Beth Harrison-Cain, Peter Thompson, and nephew Casey Scott Harrison= . <br> <br> David was a music lover, musician, and music scholar. Throughout his childho= od and adolescence David received extensive training in piano, organ, flute,= and music theory. He attended Canterbury High School for the performing art= s in Ottawa and subsequently studied flute with Karin Schindler at the Royal Conservatory of Music in To= ronto. In 1978 he completed an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree at the= University of Waterloo--pursuing mixed studies in music, aesthetics, psycho= logy, acoustics, computer science, and engineering.<br> <br> For several years after graduation David was active as a composer. His music= was programmed in some fifty concerts and was featured in single-composer p= roductions in Ottawa, New York, and Rio de Janeiro. Discouraged by mix-ups i= n which he was mistaken for another composer by the same name, David Harrison legally changed his name to David= Huron in 1984.<br> <br> David continued his education, completing a masters degree at York Universit= y, Toronto (where he worked with semiotician David Lidov), and a doctoral de= gree in musicology at the University of Nottingham, UK (where he was supervi= sed by Brahms scholar, Robert Pascall). At Nottingham, David also began conducting experimental studies, c= ollaborating with psychoacoustician Deborah Fantini at the nearby British In= stitute for Hearing Research. Abandoning his activities as a composer, David= spent the rest of his career conducting music research, producing nearly 200 scholarly publications incl= uding three influential books: <i>The Science of Sadness: A New Understanding of Emotion</i> (2024), <= i>Sweet Anticipation: The Psychology of Expectation</i> (2006) and <i>Voice Leading: The Science Behind a Musical Art</i> (2016).<br> <br> Upon completing a PhD in 1989, David was appointed Assistant Professor of Mu= sic at Conrad Grebel College, receiving a promotion to Associate Professor i= n 1991. He held concurrent positions at the University of Waterloo, includin= g administrative Coordinator and principal instructor at UW's Center for Society, Technology, and Values= . At the University of Waterloo, he also held complimentary appointments as A= ssociate Professor of Psychology (1994-1998) and Adjunct Professor of System= s Design Engineering (1994-1998).<br> <br> In 1998, David emigrated to the United States where he took up the position o= f Professor in the Ohio State University School of Music with a salaried joi= nt appointment at the Center for Cognitive Science (later the Center for Cog= nitive and Brain Sciences). At OSU he was head of the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory fo= r 22 years, retiring in 2019 with the rank of Arts and Humanities Distinguis= hed Professor. During his OSU tenure he supervised two dozen doctoral and po= st-doctoral researchers in systematic and empirical music research. He also taught empirical research methods in m= usicology to nearly two hundred scholars and students from other institution= s through annual week-long summer workshops.<br> <br> David's scholarship was recognized through several awards, including the Soc= iety for Music Perception and Cognition's lifetime Achievement Award (2017),= the Society for Music Theory's Lifetime Membership Award (2019), and a Fulb= right Research Chair (2020) which he was unable to take up due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021 he was named= Nico Frijda Honorary Chair in Cognitive Science, awarded by the Amsterdam B= rain and Cognition Center and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, U= niversity of Amsterdam.<br> <br> In lieu of a public memorial, friends, colleagues, and family are invited to= post online reminiscences at legacy.com once the obituary goes online.</spa= n></p> <p class=3D"x_x_MsoNormal"> </p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <br> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"left" width= =3D"100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"background:#00A0d2; padding:5pt 2pt 5pt 2pt"></td> <td width=3D"100%" cellpadding=3D"7px 6px 7px 15px" style=3D"background:#e5f= 5fa; padding:5pt 4pt 5pt 12pt; word-wrap:break-word"> <div style=3D"color:#222222"><span style=3D"color:#222; font-weight:bold">Ca= ution:</span> This message originated from outside of the Tufts University o= rganization. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachme= nts. 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