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Music was destined to reach its culmination in the likeness of itself.

Heinrich Schenker

It is improper, to expressly pursue the Urlinie in performance and to single out its tones... for the purpose of communicating the Urlinie to the listener." Rather, "for the performer, the Urlinie provides, first of all, a sense of direction. It serves a somewhat equivalent function to that which a road map serves for a mountain climber.

Heinrich Schenker

Heinrich Schenker

Heinrich Schenker

Born: June 19, 1868

Died: January 13, 1935 (aged 66)

Bio: Heinrich Schenker was a composer, pianist, music critic, music teacher, and music theorist, best known for his approach to musical analysis, now usually called Schenkerian analysis.

Known for:

Harmony (1906)
The Art of Performance
Five graphic music analyses
The masterwork in music

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