It consists of (1) a biographical sketch highlighting experiences and relationships pertinent to his development as a composer (2) an overview of his compositions (3) an examination of contemporaneous critical reaction based on archival research and (4) an account of the genesis of the concepts of monotonality and the organic metaphor through his theoretical work illustrated by examples from the standard repertoire. Part I of this book will serve as an introduction to Heinrich Schenker as a composer and to the theoretical and philosophical bases of the subsequent analysis by surveying the development of the organic metaphor throughout his writings.
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