In everyday lexicon, gestures are defined as meaningful muscular movements. They are simultaneously idiosyncratic and individual and culturally conditioned. Gestures are deeply meaningful without employing the formal syntax of language. Scholars use the term gesture in musical analyses in a number ...

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