three, or a mixture.

Stylistic levels may be hierarchized as an inverted triangle:
*universals of music
**system (style) of reference
***style of a genre or an epoch
****style of composer X
*****style of a period in the life of a composer
******work

Nattiez outlines six analytical situations, preferring the sixth::

Examples:
# "...tackles only the immanent configuration of the work." Allen Forte's musical set theory

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