Musical Analyses and Musical Exegesis: The Shepherd's Melody in Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

by Jean-Jacques Nattiez

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.

The field of musicology has in recent decades branched out to incorporate methods from a wide range of other fields. But, when scholars examine a musical work, to what extent should they emphasize immanent (purely internal) features, and to what extent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158046999X
• ISBN13: 9781580469999
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"