David Huron

David Huron was born in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. He attended the Canterbury High School (Ottawa) and later studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He then studied the History of Ideas at the University of Waterloo. After completing a master's degree at York University in Toronto, he completed his PhD at the University of Nottingham in 1989.{{cite journal|last=Shanahan |first=Daniel |title=Empirical Musicology: An Interview with David Huron Part 1 |journal=Empirical Musicology Review |volume=15 |number=1 |year=2020 |pages=3-17 |doi=10.18061/emr.v15i1-2.7718|url=https://emusicology.org/index.php/EMR/article/view/7718/5744|doi-access=free}}

Huron began his teaching career at the University of Waterloo and moved to Ohio State in 1998 as a Professor of Music Theory and Cognitive Science. Huron's 2001 article "Tone and Voice: A Derivation of the Rules of Voice-Leading from Perceptual Principles" was awarded the Society for Music Theory's [https://societymusictheory.org/archives/awards/publications Outstanding Publication Award], and his 2006 book Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation was awarded the society's Wallace Berry Award.{{Cite web |title=Publication Award Recipients {{!}} SMT |url=https://societymusictheory.org/archives/awards/publications |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=societymusictheory.org}}

• Huron, D. (2024). The Science of Sadness: A New Understanding of Emotion. MIT Press.Reviews of The Science of Sadness:
• {{cite journal|last=Cornelius |first=Randolph |title=Review of the Week |journal=Choice |year=2025 |url=https://www.choice360.org/choice-pick/the-science-of-sadness-rotw-1-27-25/ |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Munoz-Serna |first=Carlos |title=Review of Huron, David, The Science of Sadness: A New Understanding of Emotion. |journal=H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews |year=2025 |url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61269 |ref=none}}

• Huron, D. (2016). Voice Leading: The Science behind a Musical Art. MIT Press.Reviews of Voice Leading:
• {{cite journal|last=Moss |first=Fabian C. |title=Book Review |journal=Music Theory and Analysis |volume=4 |number=1 |year=2017 |pages=119–145|doi=10.11116/MTA.4.1.7 |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Bernardes |first=Gilberto |title= Review: David Huron, Voice Leading: The Science Behind a Musical Art |journal=Portuguese Journal of Musicology |volume=4 |number=1 |year=2017 |pages=219-226 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320453164_Review_David_Huron_Voice_Leading_The_Science_Behind_a_Musical_Art_Portuguese_Journal_of_Musicology |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Fowler-Finn |first=Kasey |title=Voice Leading: The Science behind a Musical Art by David Huron |journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology|volume=39 |number=1 |year=2018 |pages=42–43 |doi=10.1086/696758|ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Margulis |first=Elizabeth Hellmuth |title=Book review |journal=Journal of Music Theory|doi=10.1215/00222909-7320639 |year=2019 |volume=63 |number=1 |pages=139–144|s2cid=171843519 |ref=none}}
• Huron, D. (2006). Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.Reviews of Sweet Anticipation:
• {{cite journal|last=Thompson |first=William Forde |title=David Huron, Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation |journal=Empirical Musicology Review |volume=2 |number=2 |year=2007 |pages=67–70 |doi=10.18061/1811/24826 |url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/24826/EMR000024a..?sequence=1|ref=none|doi-access=free |hdl=1811/24826 |hdl-access=free }}
• {{cite journal|last=Benjamin |first=William |title=Reviewed Work: Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation by David Huron |journal=The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism|volume=65 |number=3 |year=2007 |pages=333–335 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-594X.2007.00265_2.x |jstor=4622248|ref=none|doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal|last1=Stevens |first1=Catherine |last2=Marcs |first2=Tim B. |title=Review of Sweet anticipation: Music and the psychology of expectation, by D. Huron | journal=Music Perception |volume=24 |number=5 |year=2007 |pages=511–514 | doi=10.1525/mp.2007.24.5.511 |url=https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2007.24.5.511 |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Ockelford |first=Adam |title=Review article: D. Huron, Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation|journal=Psychology of Music |volume=36 |number=3 |year=2008 |pages=367–382 |doi=10.1177/0305735608094506|s2cid=145590269 |ref=none}}
• {{cite journal|last=Biancorooso |first=Giorgio |title=Whose Phenomenology of Music? David Huron's Theory of Expectation |journal=Music & Letters|volume=89 |number=3 |year=2008 |pages=396–404 |doi=10.1093/ml/gcn015|ref=none}}

• Huron, D. (1999). Music Research Using Humdrum: A User's Guide. Stanford, California: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.
• Huron, D. (1995). The Humdrum Toolkit: Reference Manual. Menlo Park, California: Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.

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