MIDDLE-ANALYSIS
Following the microanalysls it may be useful to once again take a quick look at the work as a whole before undertaking middle-analysis.The following chart will serve as a guide in middle-analysis. This is a fascinating stage, or here the analyst can observe the composer's craft at first hand, but in segments and units large enough to see the growth process in Operation . The information gained in microanalysis should be used to describe cadences,phrases, contrapuntal devices, and other middle-level phenomena. Ideally,the analyst should see the work through the eyes of the composer at this stage, attempting to determine the composer’s rationale for all choices of
musical materials.