Groove: An Aesthetic Of Measured Time
Historical Materialism, Volume 73
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Haymarket Books
Published:29th Jan '16
Should be back in stock very soon
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 20th century and analyses the musical components which make it work. Tracing the influence of key philosophical arguments about the nature of time on musical aesthetics, Mark Abel draws on materialist interpretations of art and culture to challenge those who, like Adorno, criticise popular music's metrical regularity.
ISBN: 9781608464845
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 395g
280 pages