Organic Structure in Sonata Form
Heinrich Schenker, Orin Grossman · Journal of Music Theory · 1968
To effect an agreement between general concepts and specific details is one of the most difficult tasks of human understanding. In order to reduce the world of appearances to only a few concepts, knowledge must seek general truths. At the same time, one must examine the particulars to the last detail, in all their secrets, if one wishes to grasp correctly these general concepts, which are, after all, supported by particulars. The task is difficult because generalities, however arrived at, easily