Author Description

No other music scholar has had such an international resonance during and after his lifetime as Hugo Riemann. His numerous writings have been translated into many languages and his ideas continue to have an impact right up to the current "Neo-Riemannian Theory". The articles in this book examine how Riemann himself further developed the ideas of authors such as Rameau or Fetis; they also offer a panorama of Riemann's reception in Europe, Russia, China and the USA. In both cases, it becomes clear that international transfers of knowledge are always determined by the specific contexts and needs in the receiving country and therefore inevitably lead to modifications of the appropriated concepts and to creative misunderstandings.