William A. Sethares | |
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| Born | April 19, 1955 Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Known for | Consonance |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Signal processing and music theory |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
William A. Sethares (born April 19, 1955) is an American music theorist and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. In music, he has contributed to the theory of Dynamic Tonality and provided a formalization of consonance.