Hearing rhythm and meter : analyzing metrical consonance and dissonance in common-practice period music

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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1	Notated Meter and Sounding Meter
	Establishing Meter
	Conducting and Maintaining Meter
	Pulse Layers
	Steps to Identifying Meter Without the Score
	Factors in Metrical Perception
	Subjectivity in Metrical Interpretation
	Continuity and Conflicting Accents
	Polymeters Versus Multiple Interpretations
	Performing the Sounding Meter Versus the Notated Meter
	The History of Meter and Metrical Notation in Western Music
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 2	Hypermeter and Phrase Rhythm
	Hypermeter
	Hypermeter at Fast and Slow Tempos
	Phrase Rhythm
	Levels of Metrical Structure and Grouping Structure
	Annotating a Metrical Interpretation
	Multiple Levels of Hypermeter
	Elisions and Hypermetrical Reinterpretations
	Conducting on and off the Podium
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 3	Phrase Expansions and Hypermeter
	The Phrase Prefix
	Internal Repetitions
	Cadential Extensions
	Composed-Out Ritardandos and Fermatas
	Parenthetical Insertions
	Links
	Thematic Versus Non-Thematic Material
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 4	Metrical Dissonances
	Metrical Consonance and Dissonance
	Grouping Dissonances
	Displacement Dissonances
	Broken Chords and Accompanimental Patterns
	Labeling Metrical Dissonances
	Identifying Grouping and Displacement Dissonances
	Subtactus-Level and Hypermetrical Dissonances
	Direct and Indirect Metrical Dissonances
	Asymmetrical Meters
	Subliminal Dissonances
	Comparing Metrical Dissonances
	Finding Metrical Dissonances in a Score
	A Sample Analysis: Bach, Partita, BWV 826, Sarabande
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 5	Metrical Processes
	Augmentation and Diminution
	Families of Dissonances
	Tightening and Loosening
	Finding the Best Label for a Metrical Dissonance
	Metrical Upshifting and Downshifting
	Meter Changes and Tempo Modulation
	Fragmentation
	Stretto
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 6	Metrical Maps
	Dissonance Logs
	Dissonance Logs for Slow Movements
	Conducting Plans
	Multiple Interpretations and Metrical Maps
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 7	Meter in Music With Text
	Conventional English and German Text Setting
	Conventional Italian Text Setting
	Text Painting
	Speech Song and Lyric Song
	Methods of Textual Emphasis
	Metrical Dissonance as a Means of Textual Emphasis
	Metrical Maps of Vocal Music
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Chapter 8	Form and Meter
	Using Metrical Changes to Delineate Formal Boundaries
	Metrical Changes and Formal Functions
	Case Study 1: Schumann’s Quartet, Op. 41, No. 1, First Movement
	Case Study 2: Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
	Chapter Review
	Homework Assignments
	Further Reading
Appendix
Bibliography
Index