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Free Rhythm: Ethnomusicology and the Study of Music Without Metre (1996)
Journal Article
Clayton, M. (1996). Free Rhythm: Ethnomusicology and the Study of Music Without Metre. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 59(2), 323-332. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x00031608

Like many other rhythmic terms, ‘free rhythm’ is widely enough used to be recognized as part of the vocabulary of musicology, without ever having been convincingly studied or even denned. In general, this term and its various synonyms refer to music... Read More about Free Rhythm: Ethnomusicology and the Study of Music Without Metre.

Ethnographic Wax Cylinders at the British Library National Sound Archive: A Brief History and Description of the Collection (1996)
Journal Article
Clayton, M. (1996). Ethnographic Wax Cylinders at the British Library National Sound Archive: A Brief History and Description of the Collection. Ethnomusicology Forum, 5(1), 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/09681229608567248

The ethnographic wax cylinder collection held by the British Library National Sound Archive, totalling over 3,000 items, contains material of considerable musical and historical interest, much of which has been until now little known outside the Arch... Read More about Ethnographic Wax Cylinders at the British Library National Sound Archive: A Brief History and Description of the Collection.