Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview of Rhythm
- Part II Performing Rhythm
- Part III Composing with Rhythm
- 7 Expressive Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied
- 8 Rhythm in Post-tonal Music
- 9 The Concept of Rhythm
- Part IV Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music
- Part V Rhythm in Global Musics
- Part VI Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
9 - The Concept of Rhythm
Composers in Their Own Words
from Part III - Composing with Rhythm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Overview of Rhythm
- Part II Performing Rhythm
- Part III Composing with Rhythm
- 7 Expressive Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied
- 8 Rhythm in Post-tonal Music
- 9 The Concept of Rhythm
- Part IV Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music
- Part V Rhythm in Global Musics
- Part VI Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
What is rhythm? I have not asked myself this question in a long time. Rhythm permeates my life as an ever-present flow of pulses, phrases, counting, and variation. Years of accumulated experience have furnished me with the sense that I know and understand it. Writing this chapter afforded me the opportunity to check in with composers who have deeply affected the way I think about rhythm. As I rummaged through their writings and works, I encountered a variety of perspectives that shook that sense of certainty and led me down multiple paths of inquiry.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm , pp. 146 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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