Part I. Sources and structures in early music -- part II. Musical narrativity/performativity : from musical narrative to instrumental theatre -- part III. Tonal and post-tonal histories -- part IV. From speculative to practical : narratives of pitch, scale and harmonization through history -- part V. From synaesthetic perception to unconscious reflection : narratives of mental process in music
Summary
This volume offers a cross section of current directions in the broad field of music analysis as practiced by a transnational community of scholars. Music analysis is presented as a vibrant multi-faceted field of research which constantly re-examines its own postulates, while also establishing dialogues with a large number of other disciplines