How Musical Rhythm Reveals Human Attitudes

Gustav Becking (1894-1945) studied at the Universities of Leipzig and Erlangen. He was especially influenced by the famous music historian Hugo Riemann and the philologist Eduard Sievers. From 1930 until his death he was a professor of musicology in Prague. Nigel Nettheim has a PhD in musicology (University of New South Wales); his thesis dealt with Schubert's earliest compositions. He has published widely in music analysis. Since 2001 he has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney.