Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 218 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0521820731
Series Statement:
New perspectives in music history and criticism
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 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; Epilogue; GLOSSARY Riemann's key terms as explained in the Musik-Lexikon (5th edn, 1900); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought
Language:
English
