Criticism
Lewin's theoretical work may best be understood against his background in 1950/60s avant-garde compositional circles on the North American East Coast. Most of those composers, such as Benjamin Boretz, Edward T. Cone, and Milton Babbitt, were also music critics and theorists/analysts. Starting during the late 1960s (with articles on Schoenberg, crystallized in his debate with Cone), Lewin began work on text/music relations. During the late 1970s, Lewin's work in this area became more explicitly concerned with issues in literary theory; he published articles in 19th-Century Music. "Studies in Music with Text," published posthumously, demonstrates Lewin's concerns in this area while also synthesizing his critical/theoretical methods. His most far-reaching essay in this area is "Music Theory, Phenomenology, Modes of Perception."
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