The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm

Russell Hartenberger, Ryan McClelland

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781108492928
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108597524
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music History & Criticism

One of the defining aspects of music is that it exists in time. From clapping to dancing, toe-tapping to head-nodding, the responses of musicians and listeners alike capture the immediacy and significance of the musical beat. This Companion explores the richness of musical time through a variety of perspectives, surveying influential writings on the topic, incorporating the perspectives of listeners, analysts, composers, and performers, and considering the subject across a range of genres and cultures. It includes chapters on music perception, visualizing rhythmic notation, composers' writings on rhythm, rhythm in jazz, rock, and hip-hop. Taking a global approach, chapters also explore rhythmic styles in the music of India, Africa, Bali, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Indigenous music of North and South America. Readers will gain an understanding of musicians' approaches to performing complex rhythms of contemporary music, and revealing insights into the likely future of rhythm in music.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Music Examples
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Overview of Rhythm
• Part II Performing Rhythm
• Part III Composing with Rhythm
• Part IV Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music
• Part V Rhythm in Global Musics
• Part VI Epilogue
• Select Bibliography
• Index