Building on the foundation of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's influential A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, this volume presents a multidimensional model of diatonic and chromatic spaces that quantifies listeners' intuitions of the relative distances of pitches, chords, and keys from a given tonic. The model is employed to assign prolongational structure, represent paths through the space, and compute patterns of tension and attraction as musical events unfold, thereby providing a partial basis for understanding musical narration, expectation, and expression. Conceived as both a music-theoretic treatise and a contribution to the cognitive science of music, this book will be of interest to music theorists, musicologists, composers, computer musicians, and cognitive psychologists.

This work, which has become a classic in music theory since its publication in 1983, models music understanding from the perspective of cognitive science. The point of departure is a search for a grammar of music with the aid of generative linguistics. The theory, which is illustrated with numerous examples from Western classical music, relates the aural surface of a piece to the musical structure unconsciously inferred by the experienced listener. From the viewpoint of traditional music theory, it offers many innovations in notation as well as in the substance of rhythmic and reductional theory.

Beethoven biographer Solomon here presents a revisionist biography of Mozart, which his publisher claims is the first full-scale biography in nearly 40 years. Certainly it is a major work in terms of heft and range. Solomon will have none of the "divine child" approach, limning instead a man growing up under the shadow of an impossibly demanding father who was at once overprotective and jealous of his son's vast gifts. There is a great deal of psychological probing into the agonies of their relationship, much of it sensible; and Solomon paints an indelible portrait of Mozart's last years, begging for money, guilty about his deprived wife Constanze, resentful of being virtually cut out of his father's will, yet still heroically forging a new musical aesthetic. He also clears up much of the mystery about the bizarre Requiem commission, and the burial in the "pauper's grave." He is convinced that Mozart and his cousin "the Basle," recipient of many of the infamous smutty letters, were lovers for a time; and the portrait of the composer that emerges is of an extraordinarily sensitive, liberal-minded (the Masonic material is superb), extravagant but responsible person who has been much belittled by biographers beginning almost immediately after his death. Solomon also writes acutely about what was daringly new, and wonderfully enduring, about Mozart's music. Only a certain lack of flow between the chapters suggests the origin of much of this material in lectures. Illustrations. BOMC selection.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart of traditional studies of Western music by asserting that music is not a thing, but rather an activity. In this new book, Small outlines a theory of what he terms "musicking," a verb that encompasses all musical activity from composing to performing to listening to a Walkman to singing in the shower. Using Gregory Bateson's philosophy of mind and a Geertzian thick description of a typical concert in a typical symphony hall, Small demonstrates how musicking forms a ritual through which all the participants explore and celebrate the relationships that constitute their social identity. This engaging and deftly written trip through the concert hall will have readers rethinking every aspect of their musical worlds.

Bridging the gap between scholarly and popular images of Mozart, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of all of his important works; the reception of his music since his death; the contexts which inform his work and his significance as a performer. It paints a rounded yet focused picture of one of the most revered artists of all time and enhances readers' appreciation of his extraordinary output.

本书是巴伦博伊姆自传，首次译为中文出版。巴氏为中译本作序如下：
我极其欣慰地获悉，我的《生活在音乐中》一书将要在中国出版。过去的50年间，中国的音乐家和公众对于古典音乐显示了深厚而又广泛的兴趣，这是音乐所具有的普世意义的又一例证。
对音乐的喜爱与领悟，是不分种族、社会或地区的。领会音乐需要人的灵性与探究。而探究的精神，事实上是追求任何学识的先决条件。
我人生的前65年，整个地沉浸于音乐之中，并且深为它的能力感到迷惑，它让我们认识到这么多关于我们自身，以及我们周围的世界。能够与中国读者分享我的音乐人生，对于我来说，是一种无穷的愉悦与满足。
丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆　　2007年7月

本书通过分析一些具有代表性作曲家的典型作品，学习研究当前世界上已经规范化了的音乐分析方法学；通过展示原作的曲谱及分析图表，认识不同技法、风格的音乐作品组织结构。主要内容的分类可以涉及到如下方面：第一部分 材料；第二部分 途径；第三部分 结构。
你在音乐创作中需要采用什么样的材料，设计何种样式的结构？——“现代音乐分析”这一学科就是要试图解决人们对音乐作品的综合认识能力，解决“分析的结果如何转化为创作的动力”这一最为实际的问题。

《音乐分析法》内容简介：近二十年来，作品分析渐渐成力音乐理论指导的中心课题，它的地位日显重要。这方面的论著如雨后春笋，令人目不暇接。这些书籍虽然告知你答案，却没有教会你方法。克列门斯·库恩的这《音乐分析法》恰恰填补了这一空白。它并未展示结果，却给你指路，培养你的敏感和能力。《音乐分析法》从各个不同角度出发．为学习者提供音乐作品分析丰富多样的可能性．并用大量作业鼓励学习者用自己的思路和视角作各种分析判断的尝试。《音乐分析法》可说是第一本实用“工作手册”，是专业师生和自学者最理想的教材。

《节奏、色彩和鸟类学的论著:德彪西的音乐》详细阐述了梅西安的创作理论及美学观点。作者在继承法国音乐传统的同时，通过运用有限移位调式、色彩和弦、对称排列置换等创新技法，积极发展了德彪西、拉威尔等作曲家以来的法国音乐传统，比较研究其在技法上的继承至为重要。
《节奏、色彩和鸟类学的论著:德彪西的音乐》的出版为中文读者提供研究德彪西和梅西安的关键性材料。这对于梳理德彪西与梅西安在创作理念与技法方面的传承与发展，探讨梅西安与德彪西之间的历史继承性，以及进一步把握法国音乐的发展，都有重要的意义。

Zhu Xiao-Mei was born to middle-class parents in post-war China, and her musical proficiency became clear at an early age. Taught to play the piano by her mother, she developed quickly into a prodigy, immersing herself in the work of classical masters like Bach and Brahms. She was just ten years old when she began a rigorous course of study at the Beijing Conservatory, laying the groundwork for what was sure to be an extraordinary career. But in 1966, when Xiao-Mei was seventeen, the Cultural Revolution began, and life as she knew it changed forever. One by one, her family members were scattered, sentenced to prison or labor camps. By 1969, the art schools had closed, and Xiao-Mei was on her way to a work camp in Mongolia, where she would spend the next five years. Life in the camp was nearly unbearable, thanks to horrific living conditions and intensive brainwashing campaigns. Yet through it all Xiao-Mei clung to her passion for music and her sense of humor. And when the Revolution ended, it was the piano that helped her to heal. Heartbreaking and heartwarming, The Secret Piano is the incredible true story of one woman’s survival in the face of unbelievable odds—and in pursuit of a powerful dream.

《杨荫浏全集》收入了中国音乐界泰斗杨荫浏先生六十余年音乐生涯中，对音乐史学、乐律学、音乐考古学、语言音乐学、古谱学、乐器学及中国传统音乐研究等各个分支学科的研究资料。全集共13卷，被列入国家“十一五”重点出版工程，并获第二届出版政府奖主奖及第三届中华优秀出版物提名奖。
《杨荫浏全集》 定价：1680元（全十三卷精装）
中国艺术研究院音乐研究所 编 江苏文艺出版社 2009年12月出版

《调性和声及20世纪音乐概述(第6版)》自1989年起稳居美国音乐理论教学教材的领跑和主导地位；二十年来，应用于全美八百多所高校的音乐理论一线教学实践中；历时六次修订，2009年，第六版来到中国；以系统化的知识结构、科学化的叙述方式、人性化的教学理念、媒体化的教辅手段，与中国音乐专业师生分享优秀教育资源。

本书根据我们三十年的教学经验，觉得本书有以下优点：从学术上说该书把传统和声归纳得科学、缜密、井然有序；阐述得合理透彻、丝丝入如，为这一门音乐科学建立了一个完整的逻辑体系。从教学上谈该书循序渐进，章节合理，法则严格易掌握，要求明确易记忆，极易为初学者所接受，是初学和声者极好的向导。这本书在我国一版再版供不应求，其道理也在于此。

这本书并不是在各个方面都很有系统的，从钢琴表演的方法学的观点来看，很可能它还有些缺点。它的作者并不追求陈述的严格的循序渐进性，也不企图包罗万象；更不把它看作规则指令的汇编。他只求告诉我们一些东西，借助于它们可以揭开钢琴艺术之谜。
本书对我们说来是艺术家 的生动的思想的结晶，它深入地讨论了那些最“使人烦恼的”问题。在这里我们会看到许多想法，尽管它们有时很散乱，但却是鲜明而深刻的。本书的优点——笔调生动、内容丰富、比拟犀利——是无庸置疑的。
这是一本对中国钢琴教育产生重大影响的艺术表演论著。作者具有高度艺术修养，渗透到论述的方方面面，它不是一本实际应用的教本，而是具有指导意义的“心法”。

《巴赫演奏指南:对历史、结构及演奏的根本研究(重译本)》由人民音乐出版社出版。

★ 就像爱一样，好音乐永远不嫌多
★ 小林秀雄奖 获奖作品
★专家与业余人士、创作者与欣赏者之间，其实隔着一道高墙。但我觉得这未必是敞开心胸对话的障碍，最重要的是找出一条越过这道墙的路。——村上春树
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享誉世界的音乐大师和名满天下的作家相遇会 聊些什么？
就是这本小泽征尔与村上春树一起写成的，六堂关于古典音乐、关于人生的“公开课”。
从日本神奈川到东京，从美国檀香山到瑞士日内瓦湖畔，在日内瓦驶往巴黎的特快列车上……历时一年，从秋到夏，在暖茶与点心陪伴的午后，小泽征尔与村上春树一边欣赏古典音乐，一边畅谈音乐、文学与人生。
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我入行时还是单身，一周领一百美元, 根本无法维持生计。我在纽约租的第一套公寓是半地下的。早上起床打开窗户，就能从窗口看到行人的一双双脚。（小泽征尔）
世界著名指挥大师小泽征尔先生，无论在我音乐启蒙阶段还是职业生涯阶段，都是一位精神偶像，他是我成长中的导师。（李云迪）
本书的内容非常具有深度与广度。不仅是音乐迷，相信文学迷们也会很喜欢。（新潮社）

本书通过分析音乐的各种要素和结构， 深入浅出地叙述了有关音乐欣赏的一切必要知识，某些篇章内容超过了单纯音乐欣赏的范围， 而具有学理性探讨价值，不仅对音乐爱好者，就是对大多数专业音乐工作者也可能有一定的参考价值。
本书初版于1939年，后被译作多种文字。中译本是根据1957年美国Mcgraw-Hill公司的在版本翻译。