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Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism) Book

Generally acknowledged as the most important German musicologist of his age, Hugo Riemann (1849 1919) shaped the ideas of generations of music scholars, not least because his work coincided with the institutionalisation of academic musicology around the turn of the last century. By situating Riemann's musical thought within turn-of-the-century discourses about the natural sciences, German nationhood and modern technology, this book reconstructs the cultural context in which Riemann's ideas not only 'made sense' but advanced an understanding of the tonal tradition as both natural and German.Read More

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    Hugo Riemann (1849-1919) is generally acknowledged as the most important musicologist of his age. By analyzing his musical thought within the turn-of-the-century context of interest in the natural sciences, German nationhood and modern technology, this book reconstructs how Riemann's ideas not only "made sense" but advanced a belief of the tonal tradition as both natural and German. Riemann influenced the ideas of generations of music scholars because his work coincided with the institutionalization of academic musicology around the turn of the last century.

  • 0521096367
  • 9780521096362
  • Alexander Rehding
  • 11 January 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 232
  • 1
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