The Author: Thomas Reiner is a composer, music producer, performer, and writer. His music is widely performed and he has won many awards and distinctions, including a prize in the International Witold Lutoslawski Composers’ Competition. He is the musical director of the contemporary music ensemble re-sound and a performer in the electronic-music duo tree. He has published articles on musical time, DJ culture, and techno music. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and lectures music at Monash University.

«Thomas Reiner’s original and expert monograph explores the endlessly fascinating topic of musical time. Reiner sees musical time in a multitude of semiotic manners, corresponding to Nattiez’s tripartition of musical meaning. In a series of analyses of music from diverse eras, he exposes sound both as the physical manifestation of time and as a symbol of time. Anyone who is concerned with the complex interrelationship among music, meaning, and temporality must read this book.» (Jonathan D. Kramer, Columbia University)