ABSTRACT

Hearing Rhythm and Meter: Analyzing Metrical Consonance and Dissonance in Common-Practice Period Music is the first book to present a comprehensive course text on advanced analysis of rhythm and meter. This book brings together the insights of recent scholarship on rhythm and meter in a clear and engaging presentation, enabling students to understand topics including hypermeter and metrical dissonance. From the Baroque to the Romantic era, Hearing Rhythm and Meter emphasizes listening, enabling students to recognize meters and metrical dissonances by type both with and without the score. The textbook includes exercises for each chapter and is supported by a full-score anthology.

PURCHASING OPTIONS

Textbook (Print Paperback): 978-0-8153-8448-9

Textbook (Print Hardback): 978-0-8153-8447-2

Textbook (eBook): 978-1-351-20431-6

Anthology (Print Paperback): 978-0-8153-9176-0

Anthology (Print Hardback): 978-0-367-34924-0

Anthology (eBook): 978-1-351-20083-7

chapter chapter 1|20 pages

Notated Meter and Sounding Meter

chapter chapter 2|16 pages

Hypermeter and Phrase Rhythm

chapter chapter 3|15 pages

Phrase Expansions and Hypermeter

chapter chapter 4|24 pages

Metrical Dissonances

chapter chapter 5|16 pages

Metrical Processes

chapter chapter 6|19 pages

Metrical Maps

chapter chapter 7|18 pages

Meter in Music With Text

chapter chapter 8|32 pages

Form and Meter