Download or read book Der Tonwille: Issues 1-5 (1921-1923) written by Heinrich Schenker and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a two-volume translation of Heinrich Schenker's 'Der Tonwille' (1921-24). This book includes Schenker's original, major essays on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and piano sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, shorter analyses of Bach preludes and writings that provide an extensive account of the philosophical and cultural background from which Schenker's theories emerged.