Being Time: Case Studies in Musical Temporality

by Richard Glover, Bryn Harrison, Jennie Gottschalk

Being Time invites a deep consideration of the personal experience of temporality in music, focusing on the perceptual role of the listener. Through individual case studies, this book centers on musical works that deal with time in radical ways. These include pieces by Morton Feldman, James Saunders, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Ryoji Ikeda, Toshiya Tsunoda, Laurie Spiegel and André O. Möller. Multiple perspectives are explored through a series of encounters, initially between an individual and a work, and subsequently with each author's varying experiences of temporality. The authors compare their responses to features such as repetition, speed, duration and scale from a perceptual standpoint, drawing in reflections on aspects such as musical memory and anticipation. The observations made in this book are accessible and relevant to readers who are interested in exploring issues of temporality from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives.

Genres: Music

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 5, 2015

About the author

Dr. Richard Glover (b. 1981) grew up in Lichfield and studied at the University of Hertfordshire for his undergraduate degree in Electronic Music before moving to Huddersfield, where he gained a distinction for his MA in Music Composition. He completed his PhD with Bryn Harrison at Huddersfield, investigating perception and cognition within music of sustained tone textures.
He is currently working as a Research Fellow in the music department and teaching in composition and music technology.