About the Author

Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen became professor of musicology at the University of Zurich in 1999 after studying German literature, history, and musicology and teaching at Berlin's Freie Universität. He is co-editor of the journals Archiv für Musikwissenschaft (Archive for Musicology) and Schubert: Perspektiven (Schubert Perspectives). He is also a member of the Academia Europaea and the Austrian Academy of the Sciences and author of Musikalische Interpretation: Hans von Bülow (1999).

Translator Cynthia Klohr, PhD, teaches philosophy at universities in Karlsruhe, Germany. She has translated several books and essays in philosophy, psychology, the theory and history of science, and music.