What is Music Analysis?

What is Music Analysis, and why do you need it?
Anyone starting a higher education course in music might be forgiven for puzzling over what music analysis actually is. In this video, Dan explains the difference between music theory and music analysis, and why music analysis is of such vital importance.
Key texts from this video:
Theodor Adorno (trans. Max Paddison), 'On the Problem of Music Analysis', Music Analysis, Vol .1, no. 2 (1982) 169-187.
Kofi Agawu, 'How we got out of Analysis, and how to get back in again', Music Analysis, Vol. 23, no. ii-iii (2004) 267-286.
Julian Horton, 'On the Musicological Necessity of Musical Analysis', The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 103, no. 1-2 (2020) 62-104.
If you liked this video, you might like to watch Dan's video series introducing key concepts from music theory, over at the KZbin page for the Royal Holloway Music Department: • Fundamentals of Music ...
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