THYG 589 Musical Narrative & Analysis
Explores ways of analyzing a musical work as a narrative structure, with primary focus on instrumental music. We will first consider how a non-texted work can (or cannot) be regarded as a narrative, and then proceed to investigate topics such as musical plot, musical agency, gesture and music, and the role of metaphor in musical discourse. The work for the course includes readings, but the primary emphasis will be on analysis of music from the repertoire.