Musical Analyses and Musical Exegesis
The Shepherd's Melody in Richard Wagner's <I>Tristan and Isolde</I>
1st Edition
Published on 15. May 2021
470 pages
978-1-80010-363-4 (ISBN)
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Here translated for the first time, Jean-Jacques Nattiez's widely hailed comparative guide to the techniques of music analysis focuses on a single vivid passage from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
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Musical Analyses and Musical Exegesis
The Shepherd's Melody in Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
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Nattiez Jean-Jacques:
JEAN-JACQUES NATTIEZ is professor emeritus of musicology at the Université de Montréal. He is renowned figure in music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology, and has published more than a dozen books across these disciplines, many of which have been translated into English. Jonathan Goldman is associate professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal. Together with Jonathan Dunsby, he is the editor of The Dawn of Music Semiology.
JEAN-JACQUES NATTIEZ is professor emeritus of musicology at the Université de Montréal. He is renowned figure in music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology, and has published more than a dozen books across these disciplines, many of which have been translated into English. Jonathan Goldman is associate professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal. Together with Jonathan Dunsby, he is the editor of The Dawn of Music Semiology.
Content
Foreword by Pierre Boulez
Preface
Introduction: The English Horn Solo, My Approach, and Models of Analysis and Musical Meaning
PART I: IMMANENT ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH HORN SOLO'S MUSICAL STRUCTURES
Linear Analyses
Formenlehre Analyses
Paradigmatic Analyses
PART II: ESTHETIC ANALYSIS
Performances as Initial Esthesic Analyses
Esthesic Analysis of the Solo's Immanent Structures
Esthesic Analysis of the Solo's Semantic Associations
PART III: POIETIC ANALYSIS
Musical Sources for the Solo
The Solo's Composition: Sketches and the Creative Process
PART IV: HERMENEUTICS
The Shepherd's Melody at Risk of Psychoanalysis
The Shepherd's Melody and the English Horn in Tristan
"This Shepherd's Metaphysical Melody"
Conclusion: The Validity of Structural Analyses and Interpretations
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction: The English Horn Solo, My Approach, and Models of Analysis and Musical Meaning
PART I: IMMANENT ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH HORN SOLO'S MUSICAL STRUCTURES
Linear Analyses
Formenlehre Analyses
Paradigmatic Analyses
PART II: ESTHETIC ANALYSIS
Performances as Initial Esthesic Analyses
Esthesic Analysis of the Solo's Immanent Structures
Esthesic Analysis of the Solo's Semantic Associations
PART III: POIETIC ANALYSIS
Musical Sources for the Solo
The Solo's Composition: Sketches and the Creative Process
PART IV: HERMENEUTICS
The Shepherd's Melody at Risk of Psychoanalysis
The Shepherd's Melody and the English Horn in Tristan
"This Shepherd's Metaphysical Melody"
Conclusion: The Validity of Structural Analyses and Interpretations
Bibliography
Index
