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Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on
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This new investigation of the Brandenburg Concertos explores musical, social, and religious implications of Bach's treatment of eighteenth-century musical hierarchies. By reference to contemporary music theory, to alternate notions of the meaning of "concerto," and to various eighteenth-century conventions of form and instrumentation, the book argues that the Brandenburg Concertos are better understood not as an arbitrary collection of unrelated examples of "pure" instrumental music, but rather as a carefully compiled and meaningfully organized set. It shows how Bach's concertos challenge (as opposed to reflect) existing musical and social hierarchies.Careful consideration of Lutheran theology and Bach's documented understanding of it reveals, however, that his music should not be understood to call for progressive political action. One important message of Lutheranism, and, in this interpretation, of Bach's concertos, is that in the next world, the heavenly one, the hierarchies of the present world will no longer be necessary. Bach's music more likely instructs its listeners how to think about and spiritually cope with contemporary hierarchies than how to act upon them. In this sense, contrary to currently accepted views, Bach's concertos share with his extensive output of vocal music for the Lutheran liturgy an essentially religious character.

Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe.

In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time, Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.

Many listeners and players are fascinated by Bach's Goldberg Variations. In this wideranging and searching study, Professor Williams, one of the leading Bach scholars of our time, helps them probe its depths and understand its uniqueness. He considers the work's historical origins, especially in relation to all Bach's Clavierubung volumes and late keyboard works, its musical agenda and its formal shape, and discusses significant performance issues. In the course of the book he poses a number of key questions. Why should such a work be written? Does the work have both a conceptual and a perceptual shape? What other music is likely to have influenced the Goldberg and to what extent is it trying to be encyclopedic? What is the canonic vocabulary? How have contemporaries or musicians from Beethoven to the present day seen this work and, above all, how has its mysterious beauty been created?

Popular operas in late imperial China were a major part of daily entertainment, and were also important for transmitting knowledge of Chinese culture and values. In the twentieth century, however, Chinese operas went through significant changes. During the first four decades of the 1900s, led by Xin Wutai (New Stage) of Shanghai and Yisushe of Xi’an, theaters all over China experimented with both stage and scripts to present bold new plays centering on social reform. Operas became closely intertwined with social and political issues. This trend toward “politicization” was to become the most dominant theme of Chinese opera from the 1930s to the 1970s, when ideology-laden political plays reflected a radical revolutionary agenda.
Drawing upon a rich array of primary sources, this book focuses on the reformed operas staged in Shanghai and Xi’an. By presenting extensive information on both traditional/imperial China and revolutionary/Communist China, it reveals the implications of these “modern” operatic experiences and the changing features of Chinese operas throughout the past five centuries. Although the different genres of opera were watched by audiences from all walks of life, the foundations for opera’s omnipresence completely changed over time.

This collection presents three entire treaties, as well as excerpted writings on music by Plato, Aristotle, and others. Included is the first English translation of Gaudentius's complete Harmonic Introduction, prepared by the volume's editor, Thomas J. Mathieson, who also revised the other translations in light of recent scholarship. These selections not only illuminate Greek thinking about music, they also help us understand ideas about music set forth by medieval and Renaissance writers and theorists.

Over the last dozen years, the writings of Richard Taruskin have transformed the debate about "early music" and "authenticity." Text and Act collects for the first time the most important of Taruskin's essays and reviews from this period, many of which now classics in the field. Taking a wide-ranging cultural view of the phenomenon, he shows that the movement, far from reviving ancient traditions, in fact represents the only truly modern style of performance being offered today. He goes on to contend that the movement is therefore far more valuable and even authentic than the historical verisimilitude for which it ostensibly strives could ever be. These essays cast fresh light on many aspects of contemporary music-making and music-thinking, mixing lighthearted debunking with impassioned argumentation. Taruskin ranges from theoretical speculation to practical criticism, and covers a repertory spanning from Bach to Stravinsky. Including a newly written introduction, Text and Act collects the very best of one of our most incisive musical thinkers.

This volume is a guide to the resources and materials of Bach scholarship, both for the non-specialist wondering where to begin in the enormous literature on J.S. Bach, and for Bach specialists looking for a convenient and up-to-date survey of the field. It describes the tools of Bach research and how to use them, and suggests how to get started in such research by describing the principal areas of research and citing the essential literature on each piece and topic. Subjects covered include bibliographic tools of Bach research and sources of literature; Bach's family: Bach biographies; places Bach lived and worked; Bach's teaching; the liturgy; Bach source studies and the transmission of his music; repertory and editions; genres and individual vocal and instrumental works; the reception and analysis of Bach's music; and many others.

This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar. This work is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the Bach cantatas. It begins with a historical survey of the seventeenth-century background to the cantatas, and performance practice issues. The core of the book is a work-by-work study in which each cantata in turn is represented by its libretto, a synopsis of its movements, and a detailed analytical commentary. This format makes it extremely useful as a reference work for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas. All the cantata librettos are given in German-English parallel text. For the English edition the text has been carefully revised to bring it up to date, taking account of recent Bach scholarship.

Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. A landmark biography of Bach on the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, written by the leading Bach scholar of our age. Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship. Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between the composer's life and his music, showing how Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. And throughout, we see Bach in the broader context of his time: its institutions, traditions, and influences. With this highly readable book, Wolff sets a new standard for Bach biography. "A monumental work that must find its way into the library of every musician and every dedicated lover of music."—Isaac Stern "It's unlikely that anyone will fashion a finer tribute to [Bach's] genius."— Los Angeles Times Book Review "A magisterial biographical portrait...necessarily learned, but also user-friendly, helpful and entertainingly informative."— Chicago Tribune "Likely to be the standard one-volume Bach biography for some time to come."— New York Review of Books "A work of clarity worthy of its subject and his music."— Wall Street Journal "Undoubtedly the most important Bach biography since Phillipp Spitta's life written over a century ago."— The New Republic 42 black and white illustrations

研究音乐文化的范围很广。从纵的方面说，是古今中外音乐史的研究，通过音乐史的研究，可以了解音乐文化的源流和变迁，达到鉴往知来、鉴古知今的目的，从横的方面说，音乐文化的研究涵盖音乐科学的各个领域，包括音乐美学、音乐史学、音乐考古学、音乐声学、音乐民族学、音乐社会学、音乐心理学、音乐生理学、音乐教育学、音乐评论、音乐欣赏、作曲法、曲式学、和声学、复调音乐、配器法、乐器等等。通过东西音乐和中外音乐的比较研究，可以过到“他山之石，可以攻玉”和“知已知彼，百战百胜”的目的。
在“人文诠释”的思想指导下，本文集选择收入笔者近十多年发表在各类刊物、杂志和报纸上的音乐文论，并按相关类型分门辑录。
第一辑“学理基础反思”，所收文章均与学科理论相关。第二辑“中国音乐评析”，主要笔者参与中国现当代音乐创作评论的相关反映。第三辑“西方音乐解读”，不仅包括笔者在这方面的方法论研究和专题论述，也包纳一些笔者的相关随笔和译著书序。第四辑“歌剧真谛探究”，围绕歌剧这种特殊的音乐/戏剧体裁展开。
：《音乐的人文诠释》目录
总序（钱仁康）
第一辑 学理基础反思
1、作为人文学科的音乐学
2、 为音乐学辩护——再论音乐学的人文学科性质
3、音乐学术与规范建制：回顾、反思与建议
4、探索音乐史：方法论反思四题
5、 音乐评论实践的方法论札记——从陈宏宽独奏会乐评谈起
6、音乐分析的本质界定及历史回顾
7、 音乐理解的途径：论“立意”及其实现
第二辑 中国音乐评析
8、寻访中国音乐之“真”
9、评2000’全国艺术院校艺术歌曲创作比赛
10、音乐的“双城荟萃”
11、坚守抑或退却？——听朱践耳“第十”和陈其钢的《逝去的时光》
12、非常时代的诗意锻造――重听田丰交响合唱《为毛泽东诗词谱曲五首》
13、听音寻路――论谭盾的新作《地图》
14、跨时空对话：谭盾新作《复活之旅》观后
15、《童谣集》：民间歌调的现代加工
16、我们为何聆听音乐新作？
17、音乐的“现代性”转型——“现代性”在二十世纪前期中西音乐文化中的体现及其反思
第三辑、西方音乐解读
18、论西方音乐研究在我国的重建
19、现状思考与文学史的参照：西方音乐教学与研究在中国
20、实证主义及其衰落——二次大战后英美音乐学发展述评
21、超越时间的音乐史——《西方文明中的音乐》中译本序
22、《二十世纪十大音乐家》序言
23、听莫扎特三境
24、巴赫的神性
25、琴声中的朝圣之旅——记陈宏宽钢琴独奏音乐会
26、再谈贝多芬作品106的速度问题
第四辑、歌剧真谛探究
27、歌剧的真谛：以音乐承载戏剧——评科尔曼的《作为戏剧的歌剧》
28、作曲家与歌剧脚本作家的关系
29、莫扎特歌剧重唱中音乐与动作的关系
30、以音乐透析政治——上海大剧院音乐会歌剧《唐·卡洛》观后
31、日常生活的诗意——《波希米亚人》观后
32、社会批判与人性和解——《费加罗的婚姻》的人文/音乐解读
33、启蒙和觉醒——莫扎特《魔笛》的精神内涵
34、爱无定律
35、论歌剧与音乐剧的不同美学品格
后记

Addressing Western and non-Western music, composers from Francesca Caccini to Charles Ives, and musical communities from twelfth-century monks to contemporary opera queens, these essays explore questions of gender and sexuality. Musicology and Difference brings together some of the freshest and most challenging voices in musicology today on a question of importance to all the humanistic disciplines.

《音乐人类学的理论与方法导论》主要内容：期待为了让年轻的一代学人能更直接、全面和系统地了解音乐人类学的学科胜质及其最新的发展成果与动向，更重要的是能够推动音乐人类学的“中国实践”发展成熟，并促使具有国际参照价值的特定历史文化特色的“中国经验”的不断积累，促使“中国经验”的音乐人类学研究的范式能对中国音乐文化的研究起到更为积极的作用。
《音乐人类学的理论与方法导论》由洛秦等编写，这本融合了中国学者对音乐人类学的认识、研究和思考编撰而成，并适合于中国音乐文化现状与发展的《音乐人类学的理论与方法导论》，也正是“中国经验”积累的成果之一。

【内容简介】
现代西方音乐哲学是当今国际音乐学学科中的一个重要领域。本教材完成撰写前，在我国高等音乐院校尚无人开设此类课程，更无教材。到目前为止，在西方音乐学术界也尚未见到此类教材或专著，只是在西方音乐美学通史一类的著作（如美国学者E.Lippman的《西方音乐美学史》和意大利学者E.Fubini的《音乐美学史》中作为一个章节有所论述，但篇幅和内容都很简略和单薄。因此，本教材无论在国内还是在国际上都具有一定的开拓性意义。它既为我国高等音乐院校音乐学专业的研究生提供了一部较高层次的教材，也为国际音乐学界提供了一部由中国学者撰写的第一部系统研究现代西方音乐哲学的学术专著。 本教材的内容是对20世纪西方音乐哲学的重要思潮和流派进行系统的梳理、介绍和评论，并在此基础上对其总体发展作出综合性的描述和批判性的阐释。这对我国未来高层次的音乐理论人材深入认识和批判地借鉴当代西方音乐哲学思想的某些合理内核具有重要意义。 本教材涵概了20世纪西方音乐哲学发展的全貌，分别涉及了形式-自律论-现象学-象征-符号学-心理学-社会学以及马克思主义等诸学派的基本理论观念。关于本教材的上述内容，作者在近20年间对其中的各个课题均进行过比较深入的专题性研究，并将其研究成果陆续发表在我国重要的音乐理论刊物上，本教材正是在这个基础上撰写完成的。 本教材力求以马克思主义的历史唯物论和辩证唯物论作为指导思想和方法论；同时为建构有中国学术特色的当代音乐哲学体系提供某种必要的理论参照和基础。 本教材出版后，2000年第1期《人民音乐》发表了张前教授撰写的题为《具有深厚功底的一部学术力作――读于润洋[现代西方音乐哲学导论]》的书评，对本书在学术上给予了高度评价。
【目录信息】
目录 第一章形式―自律论音乐哲学的确立和演进 第一节19世纪后半叶形式―自律论的确立 （一） “形式―自律”概念的提出 （二） 自律论面临的强大论敌和自身的哲学―壮大学渊源 （三） 形式―自律论的确立 第二节形式―自律论在20世纪的演进 （一） 20世纪西方形式文论的背景情况 （二） 形式―自律论在20世纪的演进 第二章现象学原理引入音乐哲学的尝试 第一节罗曼•；茵加尔顿的现象学音乐哲学观 （一） 哲学思想渊源 （二） 音乐作品与其演奏、感受、乐谱是否是同一的 （三） 音乐作品的本体特性问题 （四） 音乐作品的存在方式问题 （五） 音乐作品的同一性问题 第二节阿尔弗雷德•；舒茨的音乐现象学观念 （一） 作为观念对象的音乐作品 （二） 音乐作品的时间构造 （三） 音乐体验问题 第三节杜夫海纳审美现象学中的音乐哲学问题 （一） 艺术作品与审美对象 （二） 审美对象中的感性、意义、表现、形式 （三） 作为审美对象的被感知的音乐作品的本质特性 第三章释义学及其对音乐哲学的影响和启示 第一节近释义学的形成及其对当时音乐哲学的影响 （一） 释义学正式形成前的情况 （二） 近代释义学的产生――狄尔泰 （三） 近代释义学对当时音乐哲学的影响――克莱茨施玛尔 第二节现代释义学的兴起及其对音乐哲学的启示 （一） 现代释义学的兴起――伽达默尔 （二） 现代释义学对音乐哲学的启示 第四章语义符号理论向音乐哲学的渗透 第一节戴里克•；库克的情感语言理论 （一） 音乐――作为人类情感的语言 （二） 音乐的表情元素和音乐词汇中的基本术语 （三） 作为整体的音乐作品是如何表达情感的 第二节苏姗•；朗格的艺术符号理论中涉及的音乐哲学问题 （一） 哲学―美学渊源 （二） 作为情感符号的音乐 （三） 音乐中的“形式”概念，它与内容的关系 （四） 作为“时间幻象”的音乐 （五） 对向个相关的音乐问题的看法 第三节语义符号理论对东区音乐哲学的影响 （一） 阿达姆•；沙夫的语义学理论对音乐哲学家研究的意义 （二） 依拉奈克与玛雷舍夫的有关见解 第五章音乐哲学中的心理学倾向 第一节德国的能量论心理学派――库尔特 （一） 哲学渊源和自然科学基础 （二） 库尔特的能量论音乐观 第二节精神分析理论与格式塔心理学向音乐哲学的渗入――埃伦茨维希 （一） 埃伦茨维希所依据的理论参照系 （二） 埃伦茨维希的理论主旨 （三） 对音乐艺术的深层心理探索及其走向“完美格式塔”的过程 第三节音乐中的情感与意义的心理学阐释――迈尔 （一） 音乐中情感与意义问题的提出 （二） 对音乐的情感反应问题 （三） 期待、偏离和意义的生成 （四） 格式塔原理的运用 第六章社会学视野中的音乐哲学 第一节社会学派音乐哲学家的兴起 第二节阿多诺《新音乐的哲学》的解读 （一） 现代音乐的社会本质 （二） 现代音乐的精神内涵 （三） 现代音乐的形式、技法特征 （四） 现代音乐的内在矛盾、历史处境、社会功能和前途 第七章音乐哲学中运用马克思主义原理的尝试 第一节尤里•；克列姆辽夫 （一） 艺术观的哲学基础 （二） 音乐的特殊本质 （三） 几个基本范畴――音乐音调、音乐逻辑、音乐形象 第二节卓菲娅•；丽萨 （一） 50年代――对音乐特殊性问题的探索 （二） 60―70年代――对音乐本质认识的深化 本书参考文献 后记