Times a-changin' : flexible meter as self-expression in singer-songwriter music /

"It is 1969 and Joni Mitchell is on television, standing empty-handed in the middle of a circular stage that is adorned with psychedelic colors. She is wearing a long, hunter-green dress, surrounded by an audience sitting cross-legged on the floor. She waits for television host Dick Cavett to i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Murphy, Nancy (Nancy Elizabeth) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:	Oxford studies in music theory.
Subjects:	Mitchell, Joni > Criticism and interpretation. Sainte-Marie, Buffy > Criticism and interpretation. Dylan, Bob, > 1941- > Criticism and interpretation. Stevens, Cat, > 1948- > Criticism and interpretation. Simon, Paul, > 1941- > Criticism and interpretation. Dylan, Bob, > 1941- Mitchell, Joni Sainte-Marie, Buffy Simon, Paul, > 1941- Stevens, Cat, > 1948- Musical meter and rhythm. Popular music > 1961-1970 > Analysis, appreciation. Popular music > 1971-1980 > Analysis, appreciation. Musique > Mesure et rythme. Musique populaire > 1961-1970 > Analyse et appréciation. Musique populaire > 1971-1980 > Analyse et appréciation. Folk & Traditional. Genres & Styles. MUSIC. Instruction & Study. Musical meter and rhythm Popular music > Analysis, appreciation Music. 1961-1980 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

The Self Expressive Rhetoric of Flexible Meter
The Theory of Flexible Meter
Regular and Reinterpreted Meter
Self-Expressive Innovations : Lost Meter
Intensifying "Imperfection" : Ambiguous Meter.