Daniel Leech-Wilkinson

Question 1

Definition of analysis

Answer 1

‘Analysis is ultimately no more than an extension of the act of listening.’

Question 2

What are the two ‘ideologically imposed restrictions’ that he objects to?

Answer 2

1. ‘the view that the only acceptable reading of a work of music is that current at the time it was produced’
2. ‘the belief that polyphony was constructed successfully, or one part at a time’

Question 3

Article in question

Answer 3

‘Machaut’s “Rose, Lis” and the Problem of Early Music Analysis’ (1984)

Question 4

Analysis of ‘Rose, Lis’

Answer 4

Makes the case for a vertical, harmonic analysis of the work

Question 5

Conclusion from his analysis of ‘Rose, Lis’

Answer 5

Concludes that we may well speak of a ‘large-scale harmonic structure that underlies the work’