This innovative, provocative book offers a new, comprehensive theory of musical time. Exploring the qualitative, philosophical aspects of this elusive yet fundamental basis of music, Jonathan D. Kramer unlocks the dimensions of musical time not considered by theories that limit study to the concrete elements of rhythm and meter. By taking a larger view, Kramer grapples with the evasive, subjective elements of time --and supports his aesthetic speculation with hard evidence from musical structure...