Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Contractions List of Musical Examples, Figures, and Tables Acknowledgements List of Contributors Preface Antoine Hennion (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, France) Introduction: Play It Again (and Again), Sam Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) and Christophe Levaux (University of Liège, Belgium) Part I: Repetition as an aesthetic disposition 1. When the Music stutters: Notes toward a Symptomatology Robert Fink (University of California, Los Angeles, Herb Alpert School of Music, USA) 2. Time and Time Again: Repetition and Difference in Repetitive Music Anne Danielsen (University of Oslo, Norway) 3. Towards an Alternative History of Repetitive Audio Technologies Christophe Levaux (University of Liège, Belgium) Part II: Issues of perception 4. Loops, Memories and Meanings Chris Cutler (Independent Scholar) 5. Machine Possession: Dancing to Repetitive Beats Hillegonda C. Rietveld (London South Bank University, UK) 6. Repetition and Musical Meaning: Anaphonic Perspective in Connection with the Sonic Experience of Everyday Life Danick Trottier (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada) Part III: Repetition as a structuring device 7. From “Sectional Refrains” to Repeated Verses: The Rise of the AABA Form Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 8. Standard Jazz Harmony and the Constraints of Hypermeter: Some Thoughts on Regular and Irregular Repetition Keith Salley (The Shenandoah Conservatory, USA) and Daniel T. Shanahan (Louisiana State University, USA) 9. A Psychological Perspective on Repetition in Popular Music Trevor de Clercq (Middle Tennessee State University, USA) and Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis (University of Arkansas, USA) References Index

Promotional Information

Over and Over aims at identifying and studying the recent aesthetic and analytical developments of musical repetition in popular music.

About the Author

Olivier Julien is a lecturer in the history and musicology of popular music at Paris-Sorbonne University, France. Christophe Levaux is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège, Belgium.

Reviews

A critically important work of outstanding collective scholarship … Very highly recommended for college and university library Musicology collections.
*The Midwest Book Review*

[Richard] Middleton's core assertion—that repetition is productive and creative, that it adds meaning and is worthy of analysis—guides a dizzying array of responses from the contributors.
*The Wire*

The various contributors present convincing readings of their chosen areas of focus … On the whole this is a useful and much needed addition to the literature.
*Popular Music*

Scholars, students, and musical practitioners will welcome this fine collection, which brings together both luminaries and exciting newer voices to investigate repetition in popular music. Offering insights from a broad range of disciplines and methodologies, Over and Over will serve as an indispensable guide to understanding one of the most debated and misunderstood aspects of the art.
*Mark Katz, Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA*

An important musicological collection that addresses repetition head-on … The editors are to be commended for opening (perhaps reopening) the debate on repetition, directing attention to this matter most intricate and integral to so much music.
*Analitica - Rivista online di Studi Musicali*

A concise, provocative, and engaging collection of essays exploring one of the most pleasurable (and most maligned) characteristics of music. From stutters to loops, and compositional forms to cutting and pasting, the authors cover a range of approaches and perspectives to enrich our understanding of musical repetition.
*Matt Brennan, Chancellor's Fellow of Music, University of Edinburgh, UK*

What is repetition in music? A stutter. What is repetition in music? A technique. What is repetition in music? A changing same. What is repetition in music? A form, a necessity. What is repetition in music? A place to lose yourself, the world. What? What is — what is — repetition in music? Read over Over and Over, over and over, to find out.
*Benjamin Piekut, Associate Professor of Music, Cornell University, USA*