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The Rhythmic Structure of Music

By: Grosvenor Cooper, Leonard B. Meyer

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Paperback | 15 April 1963 | Edition Number 1

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In this influential book on the subject of rhythm, the authors develop a theoretical framework based essentially on a Gestalt approach, viewing rhythmic experience in terms of pattern perception or groupings. Musical examples of increasing complexity are used to provide training in the analysis, performance, and writing of rhythm, with exercises for the student's own work.

"This is a path-breaking work, important alike to music students and teachers, but it will make profitable reading for performers, too."â"New York Times Book Review

"When at some future time theories of rhythm . . . are . . . as well understood, and as much discussed as theories of harmony and counterpoint . . . they will rest in no small measure on the foundations laid by Cooper and Meyer in this provocative dissertation on the rhythmic structure of music."â"Notes

". . . . a significant, courageous and, on the whole, successful attempt to deal with a very controversial and neglected subject. Certainly no one who takes the time to read it will emerge from the experience unchanged or unmoved."â"Journal of Music Theory

The late GROSVENOR W. COOPER, author of Learning to Listen, was professor of music at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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Definitions and Principles Architectonic Levels
Pulse Meter Rhythm Accent Stress Grouping
Rhythms on Lower Architectonic Levels
Trochee and Iamb in Duple Meter
Articulation and Structure Amphibrach, Anapest, and Dactyl in Duple Meter Dactyl, Anapest, and Amphibrach in Triple Meter
The Character of Particular Rhythms Iamb and Trochee in Triple Meter
Rhythmic Ambiguity
The Influence of Rhythm on Melodic Motion Recapitulation and Illustration Exercises
More Complex Rhythmic Structures
Theoretical Considerations
The Coherence of Higher-Level Rhythms Groupings on Higher Levels Analysis of a Whole Section Exercises
Rhythm and Meter Meter and the Bar Line Non-congruence
The Influence of Stress upon Meter Syncopations, Suspensions, and Ties Metric Crossing Exercises
Rhythm, Mobility, and Tension
Rhythm and Mobility
Rhythm and Tension
An Extended Anacrusis
An Accented Rest
Summary
Example Exercises
Rhythm, Continuity, and Form
Rhythm, Form, and Morphological Lengths
Continuity and Form
Themes, Non-themes, and Continuity
Rhythm and Texture
Exercises
Rhythmic Development
Ambiguous Rhythm
Rhythmic Vagueness
Rhythmic Transformation
Anacrustic Development
Exercises
Extended Examples
Chopin, Prelude in E-Flat, Op. 24 Beethoven, Symphony No. 8, First Movement
List of Symbols Index
Index of Music
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