Name Bengt-Olov Palmqvist | ||
Books The Refinement of Rhythm: A Practical Guide with Supporting CDs for Learning to Perform Increasingly Challenging Rhythms | ||
Bengt-Olov Palmqvist [bɛŋkt- olov palmqvist] is a Swedish-Australian musicologist and music theorist, with particular expertise on the subject of rhythm, within music theory. He has published a series of work-books titled "Refinement of Rhythm", that are used widely as resources for rhythmic dictation, grounding and research. He is also noted among musicians in Australia for his choral conducting, composing and jazz arranging skills.
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Education
Palmqvist graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Ingesund College of Music, Arvika, and a Master of Music in Pedagogy, Aural and Music Theory from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He currently is an associate professor in Aural and Music Theory at the Australian National University School of Music.
Refinement of Rhythm
In 2005, Palmqvist created two workbooks in a series titled "Refinement of Rhythm", compiled to assist college and university music students in their aural studies from a preliminary to very advanced stage. It is one of the only books compiled for this purpose to date, that focuses solely on one aspect of music theory and aural practice: rhythm. As such, it has been generally well received by universities and higher music learning facilities internationally, and throughout Australia.