Chapter 53: Calculated Shock: Stravinsky and Modernist Multimedia

Question 1

Polyrhythm

Answer 1

The simultaneous use of several rhythmic patters or meters, common in twentieth-century music and certain African musics. (page 322)

Question 2

Changing Meter

Answer 2

Shifting between meters, sometimes frequently, within a single composition or movement; also shifting meter. (page 322)