The essays in this volume present current research into a wide range of Western music, disregarding barriers between different kinds of music, and drawing on modern musical-analytical techniques to draw together the varied subjects they explore. Topics discussed fall into three sections: "Compositional Poietics", poietics being the pre-compositional activities of composer theorists; "Structuralist Approaches", extending musical-theoretical research to new repertories; and "Insights from Other Disciplines", concerned to expand music analysis in ways hitherto employed in other disciplines.
