Piano-vocal scores are generally created for purely practical reasons, such as rehearsing of singers or studying the compositional structure of the score.

The fact that systematicity and productivity depend on the compositional structure of language means that language has a combinatorial semantics.

These aspects include thematic content, style, and compositional structure which form speech genres.

In his instrumental music he explores the relationships between performing music and the compositional structures and decisions made by the composer.

In these forms he uses a rich lexicon of motifs and compositional structures.