本书采访的音乐家都是成功者，是得以圆梦、实现宿愿的稀世奇才。他们是现代的游吟诗人。布索尼说：“钢琴家必须具有非凡的智慧、修养、感觉、热情、想像力和诗情画意，还得具有个性的魅力。”钢琴家生涯的艰苦，超乎想像；钢琴家内心的私密世界，隐藏着许多不为人知的甘苦秘辛。 二版序言 第一版序言 致谢 1 克劳迪奥・阿劳（Claudio Arrau） 2 弗拉基米尔・阿胥肯纳吉（Vladimir Ashkenazy） 3 埃马努埃尔・艾克斯（Emanuel Ax） 4 保罗・巴杜拉-斯科达(Paul Badura-Skoda） 5 大卫・巴-伊兰（David Bar-Illan） 6 拉扎・贝尔曼（Lazar Berman） 7 斯蒂芬・毕晓普-科瓦切维奇（Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich） 8 乔治・波雷（Jorge Bolet） 9 艾尔弗雷德・布伦德尔（Alfred Brendel） 10 叶菲姆・布朗夫曼（Yefim Bronfman）

在线阅读本书 In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between musicits performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy itand the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise How those insidious little jingles (called earworms ) get stuck in our heads And, taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. This Is Your Brain on Music is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into an obsession at the heart of human nature.

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks’s compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people—from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds—for everything but music. Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer’s or amnesia. Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks tells us why.

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. 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 structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices.

"* * * * * * The most incredible story in the history of music a heavyweight book."-"Kerrang " "An unusual combination of true crime journalism, rock and roll reporting and underground obsessiveness, "Lords of Chaos" turns into one of the more fascinating reads in a long time."-"Denver Post" A narrative feature film based on this award-winning book has just gone into production.

《古典音乐:海顿、莫扎特与贝多芬的时代(原版引进)》系英美音乐学界的权威性最新音乐断代史书，代表了西方学术界音乐史研究的最高水平。覆盖了西方音乐史的六个重要断代。翻译出版后，相信将对中国进一步深入理解西方音乐文化并加强中国本土的音乐文化建设具有重要意义。上海音乐学院相关专业的教授学者组成译审委员会，负责具体翻译工作的安排、组织和质量把关。