Theory of Prominence: Temporal Structure of Music Based on Linguistic Stress

by Bryan Hayslett

Book Overview

Many twentieth and twenty-first century composers have written music with rhythmic structures that must be understood through a framework distinct from even, periodic meter, which has been a salient musical feature of Western classical music for centuries. This Element's analytical system outlines structure and phrasing in sections of music without even perceptible meter. Instead of entrainment to meter, Bryan Hayslett theorizes that listeners perceive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110881333X
• ISBN13: 9781108813334
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"