Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Foreword to the French Edition

pp xi-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xviii

Introduction: The English-Horn Solo, My Approach, and Models of Analysis and Musical Meaning

pp 1-28

Part I - Immanent Analysis of the English-Horn Solo’s Musical Structures

pp 29-30

1 - Linear Analyses

pp 31-84

2 - Formenlehre Analyses

pp 85-116

3 - Paradigmatic Analyses

pp 117-144

Part II - Esthesic Analysis

pp 145-146

4 - Performances as Initial Esthesic Analyses

pp 147-159

5 - Esthesic Analysis of the Solo’s Immanent Structures

pp 160-189

6 - Esthesic Analysis of the Solo’s Semantic Associations

pp 190-232

Part III - Poietic Analysis

pp 233-234

7 - Musical Sources for the Solo

pp 235-290

8 - The Solo’s Composition: Sketches and the Creative Process

pp 291-320

Part IV - Hermeneutics

pp 321-322

9 - The Shepherd’s Melody at Risk of Psychoanalysis

pp 323-332

10 - The Shepherd’s Melody and the English Horn in Tristan

pp 333-379

11 - “This Shepherd’s Metaphysical Melody”

pp 380-413

Conclusion: The Validity of Structural Analyses and Interpretations

pp 414-424

Bibliography

pp 425-442

Index

pp 443-452