List of Abbreviations and Contractions List of Musical Examples, Figures, and Tables Acknowledgements List of Contributors Preface Antoine Hennion (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, France) Introduction: Play It Again (and Again), Sam Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) and Christophe Levaux (University of Liège, Belgium) Part I: Repetition as an aesthetic disposition 1. When the Music stutters: Notes toward a Symptomatology Robert Fink (University of California, Los Angeles, Herb Alpert School of Music, USA) 2. Time and Time Again: Repetition and Difference in Repetitive Music Anne Danielsen (University of Oslo, Norway) 3. Towards an Alternative History of Repetitive Audio Technologies Christophe Levaux (University of Liège, Belgium) Part II: Issues of perception 4. Loops, Memories and Meanings Chris Cutler (Independent Scholar) 5. Machine Possession: Dancing to Repetitive Beats Hillegonda C. Rietveld (London South Bank University, UK) 6. Repetition and Musical Meaning: Anaphonic Perspective in Connection with the Sonic Experience of Everyday Life Danick Trottier (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada) Part III: Repetition as a structuring device 7. From “Sectional Refrains” to Repeated Verses: The Rise of the AABA Form Olivier Julien (Paris-Sorbonne University, France) 8. Standard Jazz Harmony and the Constraints of Hypermeter: Some Thoughts on Regular and Irregular Repetition Keith Salley (The Shenandoah Conservatory, USA) and Daniel T. Shanahan (Louisiana State University, USA) 9. A Psychological Perspective on Repetition in Popular Music Trevor de Clercq (Middle Tennessee State University, USA) and Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis (University of Arkansas, USA) References Index