Analytical Studies in World Music

List of Figures Contributors INTRODUCTION Analysis, Categorization, and Theory of Musics of the World Michael Tenzer PART I SECTIONAL PERIODICITIES: POETRY, SONG, RITUAL 1. Nava'i, A Musical Genre of Northeastern Iran Stephen Blum 2. How to Spin a Good Horo: Melody, Mode, and Musicianship in the Composition of Bulgarian Dance Tunes Donna A. Buchanan and Stuar 3. Flamenco in Focus: An Analysis of a Performance of Soleares Peter Manuel 4. An Afro-Cuban Bata Piece for Obatala, King of the White Cloth Robin Moore and Elizabeth Sayre PART II ISOPERIODICITY: FROM STRICT TO DISCURSIVE, WITH VARIATIONS 5. Aka Polyphony: Music, Theory, Back and Forth Susanne Furniss 6. Oleg Tumulilingan: Layers of Time and Melody in Balinese Music Michael Tenzer 7. Flexing the Frame in Javanese Gamelan Music: Playfulness in a Performance of Ladrang Pangkur R. Anderson Sutton and Roger R. Vetter PART III LINEAR COMPOSITION IN PERIODIC CONTEXTS 8. "Yang's Eight Pieces": Composing a Musical Set-Piece in a Chinese Local Opera Tradition Jonathan P.J. Stock 9. Architectonic Composition in South Indian Classical Music: The "Navaragamalika Varnam" Robert Morris 10. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453, Movement I William Benjamin 11. Autonomy and Dialogue in Elliott Carter's Enchanted Preludes John Roeder Contents of the Compact Disk Index