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1 - Rhythm in Western Music

Concepts and Literature

from Part I - Overview of Rhythm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Ryan McClelland
Edited by
Russell Hartenberger  and
Ryan McClelland
Russell Hartenberger
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Ryan McClelland
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Although each chapter in this book has a distinct focus, there are many concepts that recur. This is especially true for Chapters 2–12, which explore various aspects of Western music. The present chapter introduces some of these recurrent ideas for readers less familiar with rhythmic terms and surveys significant recent theoretical contributions to the study of rhythm in Western music. The interested reader can find more comprehensive overviews of rhythmic theory in two essays by William E. Caplin and Justin London in The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory.

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The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm , pp. 7 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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