| How Musical Rhythm Reveals Human Attitudes: An Annotated Translation by Nigel Nettheim Contributor(s): Krakauer, Peter M. (Editor), Nettheim, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034303084 ISBN-13: 9783034303088 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $112.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Appreciation - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.1 |
| LCCN: 2011018156 |
| Series: Varia Musicologica |
| Physical Information: 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the broadest significance of musical rhythm? Human attitudes to the world are reflected in it, according to Gustav Becking. Writing in the 1920s, Becking proposed a novel method of finding systematic differences of attitude between individual composers, between nations, and between historical time periods. He dealt throughout with Western classical music, from the period approximately 1600-1900. His method was to observe in fine detail the pattern of motion and pressure traced out by a small baton allowed to move in sympathy with a given musical excerpt. The various patterns arising for individual composers were represented graphically, and in that form became known as Becking curves . Implications were touched upon in psychology, sociology and philosophy. His thesis is now published in English translation from the original German for the first time, with many annotations. |