Groove : an aesthetic of measured time / by Mark Abel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abel, Mark, 1948- author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 73.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical meter and rhythm.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Physical Description:

vi, 275 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Aesthetic of measured time

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

"What is the relationship between music and time? How does musical rhythm express our social experience of time? In Groove: An Aesthetic of Measured Time, Mark Abel explains the rise to prominence in Western music of a new way of organising rhythm - groove. He provides a historical account of its emergence around the turn of the twentieth century, and analyses the musical components which make it work. Drawing on materialist interpretations of art and culture, Mark Abel engages with aesthetic arguments, challenging in particular Adorno's critique of popular music. He concludes that groove does not simply reflect the temporality of contemporary society, but, by incorporating abstract time into its very structure, is capable of effecting a critique of it"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the meaning of musical time

What is 'groove'?

Is Groove African?

Bergsonism and unmeasurable time

Schutz's 'Vifid Present' and the social time of music

Adorno and reified time

Meter, Groove and the times of capitalism

History, modernism, and the time of music

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.

ISBN:

9004242937

OCLC:

872222277

Publisher Number:

99961268547