Table of Contents

Contents: Rhythm – Meter – Beat – Pulse – Accent – Component – Rhythmic Weight – Accumulation of Rhythmic Weights – Rhythmic Theory – Accentual Theory – Sound – Pitch – Diastematy – Dynamics – Articulation – Timbre – Phrase – Prosody – Harmony – Texture – Upbeat – Syncope – Hemiola – Augmentation – Diminution – Isometry – Heterometry – Symmetry.

About the Author

Peter Petersen is professor emeritus of Musicology at the University of Hamburg, where he taught from 1985 to 2005. He has dealt with questions of musical rhythm since the 1970s. Additional areas of interest to him are music theater and music of exile. He has also published specialized studies on Bartók, Berg, Dessau, Lutoslawksi, Ligeti, Henze and Hölszky.