I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless. - George Perle

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George Perle: "I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the notion that there can be such a thing as a pitch-class set. It is only when one defines everything in terms of pitch-class sets that the concept becomes meaningless."

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Allen	Becomes	Concept	Defines
Everything	Fortes	Implies	Meaningless
Notion	Pitchclass	Rejection	Sets
Such	Suppose	Terms	Theory
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