Dieses Buch geht das Thema Rhythmus und seine Vermittlung auf eine ungekannt systematische und leicht zu uberblickende Art und Weise an. Sehr hilfreich erscheint fur den Schuler die theoretische Unterfutterung der praktischen Ubungen. Dabei sind sowohl Praxis als auch Theorie in vier grosse Bereiche untergliedert, die auf einer klaren, mathematischen Logik aufsetzen. Eingeteilt in die Themen Figuren, Gruppen, Subdivision und Synkopierung geht das Buch neben den Grundlagen auch fortgeschrittene Themen wie Tempoableitungen, Polyrhythmik und intersystemische Synkopen an. Rhythmische Phanomene...

"Paul's poetry is planted in the order of the earth but stretches, grows organically to enfold the ripened fruit of wife, child, friend. His is the grace of honesty without brutality, deep feeling without sentimentality. His work wears well - and abides within his reader." -W.H. Ryan "Paul Neumann's poetry engages both intellect and feeling with a subtle blend of nature's many moods and settings, rendered in rich, vivid detail; each poem culminates in a stunning perception of the unity pervading all nature, a unity that includes both poet and reader. Neumann's art is so subtle that his poems...

"Paul Neumann has written his finest work to date, a poetic guidebook on living in the present moment. 'Life can be a journey from miracle to miracle, ' he reminds us, and the sage-like clarity in these poems arises in one's eighties, I imagine. The entire first section, poems devoted to his young granddaughter, is a moving and heartfelt road map for the world ahead of her, and the denouement is a meditative exploration of his own aging and mortality. This is a poet's poet at his best. Our world is better with this poet gracing it. This a beautiful collection from a beautiful man." -Lee...