Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Ordre des livres

Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht was one of the most influential German musicologists of the twentieth century and yet he is almost unknown to English readers. Understanding Music summarizes Eggebrecht's thoughts on the relationship between music and cognition. As he says in his preface, the purpose of his book is 'to direct the reader towards the fundamental issues and processes implied in understanding music. What does understanding mean when applied to music? How is the process to be described?...What role do language and history play?'. Eggebrecht's answers to these and other questions amount to a compelling account of how the mind grasps the sounds of music in themselves and what other factors contribute to music's meaning so much to us as listeners.

Dies ist die Summe einer über fünfzig Jahre währenden Beschäftigung mit der Musikgeschichte. Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht, der international hochrenommierte Musikwissenschaftler, hat damit eine profunde Musikgeschichte für anspruchsvolle, aber nicht fachlich spezialisierte Leserinnen und Leser geschrieben.