Musicology Annotation << Back Rhythm as the Factor of Ritual Chronotopos Reconctruction Bourkova N.G. The problems of interaction of principles of opus and traditional music are considered on an example of newritual music of second half XXth century. At the center of attention of this article are the functions of a rhythm in a reconstruction of the spacetime organization of archaic rituals; transformation of the basic positions of metre and rhythm of Newtime’s music. Key words: rhythm, metre, newritual music, traditional music, ritual. E-mail: burkova_n@mail.ru