11 Facts About Hugo Riemann

Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann was a German musicologist and composer who was among the founders of modern musicology.

Hugo Riemann was educated by Heinrich Frankenberger, the Sondershausen Choir Master, in Music theory.

Hugo Riemann graduated from the gymnasiums at Sondershausen and Arnstadt.

Hugo Riemann studied law and finally philosophy and history at Berlin and Tubingen.

Hugo Riemann then went to Bielefeld for some years as a teacher and conductor, but in 1878 returned to Leipzig as a visiting professor at the University.

Hugo Riemann eventually returned to Leipzig University as lecturer in 1895.

Hugo Riemann was an advocate of harmonic dualism, and his theory of harmonic function is the foundation of harmonic theory as it is still taught in Germany.

Hugo Riemann elaborated a set of harmonic transformations that was adapted by the American theorist David Lewin, and eventually evolved into a significant strain of neo-Riemannian theory.

Hugo Riemann authored many works on many different branches of music.

Hugo Riemann's pupils included the German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor Max Reger and the musicologist and composer Walter Niemann.

Hugo Riemann wrote many pieces for piano, songs, a piano sonata, six sonatinas, a violin sonata, and a string quartet.