Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

What do we mean by "research in music?" It depends on who is doing the researching. Music theorists, composers and performers all experiment with sound and rhythm: creating sound and rhythm on various ...

When Joseph Schillinger, an energetic little Russian, bustled into the U.S. to teach his “scientific method” of music composition, he hit it just right. The harassed jazz composers and arrangers on ...

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.” —Edward Hirsh Rhythm. It is ...

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...