... bitterest of troubles, and bears the scars to no ordinary degree. How thankful I should be if the great event of my life were to emanate from your house circle , i.e., the publisher! With most devoted greetings, Your Heinrich Schenker ...

... the system of his musical theories and offered a valuable extension of his Theory of Harmony, which was published earlier by the same publisher. In it the author has identified the essence of the scale-degree as, in the context of practical composition ...

... strongly between the keys of D major and A major; therefore, the same keys and scale-degree succession in the Trio would inevitably give a really wearisome and monotonous effect! In spite of all of this, dearest Master, I am convinced that you will be ...

... of the scale-degree, the true purpose of the study of harmony, the essence of strict contrapuntal structure as a pedagogy of pure voice-leading, the essence of "free composition," and why and how the rules of strict composition may be suspended. We ...

... your amicable feelings toward me, which I value to an extraordinarily high degree. I am uncommonly pleased that you are satisfied with my translation of your book.[2] After I have taken care of a few other smaller pieces of work, I shall likewise ...

... degree from that which is disgusting in life today and its manifestations. Individualism and intellectualism are definitively digging their own grave. Never mind all that, though! Perhaps, or even better, most likely it had it coming. I personally feel ...

... die Kälte so schwere Wirtschaftsfolgen schuf. Habt Ihr die Zeit unter göttlicher Gnade gestanden? Gesund???There had been an extremely cold period during the first half of February, when the temperature dropped as far as -30 degrees Celsius; Schenker ...

... publish utterly accurate truths which accorded in every degree with your thoughts! How then could the gentlemen, who have in truth had less contact with you than I have, achieve this? Throughout I have not been able to stop thinking of the celebratory book ...

... , delights me and justifies to some degree my reticence. The symphony will now receive its second performance as early as February 11 in Breslau; further performances are on the cards. I will take the liberty of letting you have further news of myself from ...

... Dreiklangsmilieus auf den Hauptstufen resultierenden kompositionellen Vorrang von Dur und Moll keinerlei Abbruch getan?By this Cube means that the triads on the principal harmonic degrees, I, IV, and V, are all major triads in the major (Ionian) system and all minor ...