Para quem se interessa:<br><br><a href="http://mto.societymusictheory.org/issues/mto.10.16.4/toc.16.4.html">http://mto.societymusictheory.org/issues/mto.10.16.4/toc.16.4.html</a><br><p><i>Rhythm: Africa and Beyond</i> is a special volume that comprises
twelve entries. The five substantial articles represent the work of some
of the foremost experts on the intersection of analysis and West
African music: James Burns, David Locke, Rainer Polak, Matthew
Butterfield, and Martin Scherzinger. The first four of these authors
focus their attention exclusively on drumming, with Butterfield
demonstrating a significant overlap in methodologies, repertoires, and
influences by moving beyond Africa to explore timekeeping in
jazz. Scherzinger, on the other hand, discusses temporal organization in
mbira music from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Justin London’s focused
commentary draws additional connections between the articles, pointing
out that they all “involve detailed accounts and analysis of
performances and performance technique, both qualitative (Locke, Burns,
Scherzinger) as well as quantitative (Polak, Butterfield).” The authors
in this volume also employ an impressive array of multimedia to support
their work. From online interactive mixers to beautiful video footage,
this volume provides resources that will be useful in the classroom and
beyond.
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<p>The five commentaries situate the work of this volume within a wide
range of perspectives, from the purely music theoretical, to the
ethnomusicological, to that of the more generalized Africanist. Although
Michael Tenzer and Kofi Agawu offer a consideration that easily steps
between disciplinary boundaries, the commentaries by Cynthia Tse
Kimberlin, Justin London, Janet Sturman, and Michael Vercelli are
equally willing to take on multifarious repertoires and analytical
approaches. Most importantly, this volume provides a significant and
lasting entry into a dialogue that has begun to take traction throughout
the broader musicological community.
</p><p>All <i>MTO</i> volumes dating back to our first issue in 1993 can be
accessed from the contents page at
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Thank you, as always, for your support of <i>MTO - a Journal of the Society for Music Theory</i>.
</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa<br>Instituto Villa Lobos - UNIRIO<br><br>Projeto Matrizes - PPGM - UNIRIO<br><a href="http://www.unirio.br/mpb/matrizes/">http://www.unirio.br/mpb/matrizes/</a><br>
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