Riemanns Tonvorstellungen oder Hornbostels Melodiegestalten?: Handschins Blick auf die großen Synthesen

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Hugo Riemann (Leipzig) and the representatives of the Berlin school of music psychology (Stumpf, Hornbostel, and Lachmann) engaged in a fierce debate about the proper definition of the elements of music and basic musical processes. These discussions formed the background for Jacques Handschin’s inquiry into the fundamental principles of music.