"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. This influence, however, belies the contentious idea at
the heart of his musical thought, an idea he defended for most of his
career - harmonic dualism." "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. Riemann's musical thought - from his considerations of
acoustical properties to his aesthetic and music-historical views -
thus regains the coherence and cultural urgency that it once
possessed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Hugo Riemann's moonshine experiment -- 2. The responsibilities of
nineteenth-century music theory -- 3. Riemann's musical logic and the
'As if' -- 4. Musical syntax, nationhood and universality -- 5.
Beethoven's deafness, exotic harmonies and tone imaginations --
Glossary: Riemann's key terms as explained in the Musik-Lexikon (5th
edn, 1900).
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