ABSTRACT
This chapter begins the process of renovation by developing the idea of music analysis as producing knowledge. The status of works as abstract or idealized entities has received considerable attention in the philosophical and musicological literature, and it is not necessary to rehearse that discussion here. It focuses on how the analyst's investigative processes and the resulting speculations contribute to the project of producing knowledge. The analyst investigates the work from diverse perspectives, gathering information about it and considering its potentials. Productive analysis aspires to all of these goals with the purpose of producing knowledge an ongoing process that will generate involvements with recent music. It organizes around four topic areas: Musical works and listening, Sound-thinking: musical things and the structuring of musical time; The analyst: investigating and speculating; Producing knowledge,affecting new musical behaviors. Music analysis is a formal process of reflective engagement with musical works with the goal of producing knowledge by proposing new modes.
