Somewhat south of my alma mater in New Haven is Princeton, where you’d go if you were really interested in theoretical music. A former choir kid (she’s now a high-level Navy/policy wonk, but shhhhh…..) sent me this link.
I don’t pretend to understand it all by any means, but the basic idea is sure intriguing.
http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2011/02/09/pages/6550/index.xml?page=1&
Ray Urwin 
Wow, this is in every respect what I ndeeed to know.