Slave to the rhythm? The many different definitions of rhythm

Adam Dziadek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/fp.2021.25.30602

A b s t r a k t

This essay discusses different definitions of rhythm. The author thoroughly reviews the different definitions and approaches to rhythm in Polish and foreign-language (especially French and English) theoretical texts. He also refers to the texts of culture, including Grace Jones’s famous song Slave to the rhythm or Edward Pasewicz’s poem Sonata o rytmie [Sonata about rhythm].