The Inner Workings of MusicAs a junior in high school, I was fortunate to be accepted into Yale University's course: "Music of Arnold Schoenberg, 1908 to 1923: from romanticism to dodecaphony" at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, Austria. My classes gave me the opportunity to conduct an in-depth study of the development of one of the most important composers of the 20th century in his hometown. However, in Vienna I also enjoyed many opportunities to learn outside of class. Perhaps the most significant of these experiences was consulting the archives of the Arnold Schoenberg Center. The Schoenberg Center archives contain thousands of pages of sketches, manuscripts and letters. During my stay in Vienna, I visited the archives several times to explore sketches and manuscripts of various compositions to better understand Schoenberg's compositional process.A sketch...... middle of paper. ..... Schoenberg changed the vocal part from speech to song on an appearance of the work's three-note motif. By exploring Schoenberg's sketches for Pierot Luinare from their earliest phases to the final score, I received great insight into the compositional process. Studying the work of a master has reinforced my belief that every aspect of a piece of music is significant. By studying drawing, I expanded my understanding of the inner workings of music..