Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword to the French Edition xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: The English-Horn Solo, My Approach, and Models of Analysis and Musical Meaning 1
6. Part I: Immanent Analysis of the English-Horn Solo’s Musical Structures
7. 1. Linear Analyses 31
8. 2. Formenlehre Analyses 85
9. 3. Paradigmatic Analyses 117
10. Part II: Esthesic Analysis
11. 4. Performances as Initial Esthesic Analyses 147
12. 5. Esthesic Analysis of the Solo’s Immanent Structures 160
13. 6. Esthesic Analysis of the Solo’s Semantic Associations 190
14. Part III: Poietic Analysis
15. 7. Musical Sources for the Solo 235
16. 8. The Solo’s Composition: Sketches and the Creative Process 291
17. Part IV: Hermeneutics
18. 9. The Shepherd’s Melody at Risk of Psychoanalysis 323
19. 10. The Shepherd’s Melody and the English Horn in Tristan 333
20. 11. “This Shepherd’s Metaphysical Melody” 380
21. Conclusion: The Validity of Structural Analyses and Interpretations 414
22. Bibliography 425
23. Index 443