Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Music Examples -- Foreword by Robert S. Hatten -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Revealing the hidden dimensions -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Rhythm -- 2 Foreground Emphasis -- 3 Strict Use -- 4 Strategy/Premise -- 5 Dialogue with Performance -- Part I Conclusion -- Part II Preludes op. 28 -- Part II Introduction -- 6 A Comparative Review of Analytical Approaches: Prelude No. 5 -- 7 Phrase Structure and Metric Ambiguity: Prelude No. 12 -- 8 Tonal and Rhythmic Hidden Repetition in Prelude No. 14 -- 9 Contour and Flux: Prelude No. 16 -- 10 Figuration in Prelude No. 21 -- 11 Ambiguity of Tonal Meaning: Prelude No. 22 -- Part II Conclusion -- Part III Nocturnes -- Part III Introduction -- 12 Shared Compositional Strategies in Chopin's Nocturnes Op. 48 -- 13 Intra-opus Connections in Chopin's Nocturnes Op. 27 -- Part III Conclusion -- Part IV The Barcarolle -- 14 Structural Coupling in the Coda of Chopin's Barcarolle -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index.