Musicology Annotation << Back Musical time and the principles of its organization in the art of American minimalism Anna E. Krom The article is concerned with the category of musical time and different ways of metrorhythmic organization in the works of American composers-minimalists – La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. Under the infl uence of Eastern philosophy musicians formed the concept works as an infi nite musical process, organized by means of repetitive technique. On the example of the most representative methods of musical organization the author traces the features minimalist interpretation of rhythm due to its quantitative nature. The article deals with the basic infl uence of non-Western musical cultures (Indian raga, Balinese gamelan, African drum technique) to create repetitive methods of organizing the musical material in the works of composers-minimalists. The author traces the evolution of the perception and interpretation of musical time in the art of American minimalism - from improvisational practice of oral tradition of L.M. Young and T. Riley to the original techniques repetitive organizations in the work of S.Reich (augmentation) and Glass («linear additive process» and «linear subtractive process»), in which the rhythm is the main means of expression. Keywords: time, metre, rhythm, minimal music, pattern, repetitive technique. Contacts: E-mail: yannakrom@yandex.ru Pp. 21-25.