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The continuous in motion: music and/as science

ABSTRACT This introduction sets out the key themes of this special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews which is devoted to Music and/as Science. After identifying some initial provocative questions, it outlines the interdisciplinary, methodological and epistemological aspects of the various articles in the journal. It concludes with some personal reflections on the author’s own involvement in music over more than fifty years.