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

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

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About Heinrich Schenker

Heinrich Schenker (19 June 1868, Wisniowczyki Ukraine – 13 January 1935, Vienna) was a music theorist, best known for his approach to musical analysis, now usually called Schenkerian analysis.

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