Winner of the Wallace Berry Award; Society for Music TheoryWinner of the Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award; ASCAPWhat is it about the music you love that makes you want to hear it again?Why do we crave a "hook" that returns; again and again; within the same piece?And how does a song end up getting stuck in your head?Whether its a motif repeated throughout a composition; a sample looped under an electronic dance beat; a passage replayed incessantly by a musician in a practice room-or an "earworm" burrowing through your mind like a broken record-repetition is nearly as integral to music as the notes themselves. Its centrality has been acknowledged by everyone from evolutionary biologist W. Tecumseh Fitch; who has called it a "design feature" of music; to the composer Arnold Schoenberg who admitted that "intelligibility in music seems to be impossible without repetition." And yet; stunningly little is actually understood about repetition and its role in music.On Repeat offers the first in-depth inquiry into musics repetitive nature; focusing not on a particular style; or body of work; but on repertoire from across time periods and cultures. Author Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis draws on a diverse array of fields including music theory; psycholinguistics; neuroscience; and cognitive psychology; to look head-on at the underlying perceptual mechanisms associated with repetition. Her work sheds light on a range of issues from repetitions use as a compositional tool to its role in characterizing our behavior as listeners; and then moves beyond music to consider related implications for repetition in language; learning; and communication.Written in engaging prose; and enlivening otherwise complex concepts for the specialist and non-specialist alike; On Repeat will captivate scholars and students across numerous disciplines from music theory and history; to psychology and neuroscience-and anyone fascinated by the puzzle of repetition in music.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Most complete compendium of sheet music of western swingBy 50HudsonCommodoreThis is the most complete compendium of sheet music that I have found of western swing fiddle music. Examples: 5 versions of Milk Cow Blues from Guy "Cotton" Thompson (1941) to Keith Coleman (1973); 5 versions of Miss Molly from 1942 by Louis Tierney; Joe Holley and Bob Wills and combinations; Wild Dog (1928) by Joe Venuti; After Youve Gone (1936) by Stuff Smith; Spade Cooley; Bobby Bruce; Hugh Farr! There is lots to digest here. Lots of history; interviews and photos of the bands. The book is out of print; but I ordered CDs directly from Stacy Phillips that include the original material and some other transcriptions as well. The book is so thick binding so stiff that it does not sit on a music stand easily. I took it to a print shop had the binding cut and the pages punched for a comb binding. Now it sits easily and I can turn pages without knocking it off the shelf. If you learn all the material in this book; you can audition with confidence for any band in Texas. Look out Jason Roberts; here I come!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Owen L.Great tunes.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great music for the country fiddler/Texas swing fiddler!By Randi M.My husband enjoys this folio. He is a violinist/swing country fiddler - and teacher of same. The students love the music; as well.