《二十世纪音乐(现代欧美音乐风格史原版引进)》以丰富而详实的内容，巧妙地追溯了二十世纪艺术音乐的众多流派。作者罗伯特·摩根的探讨从马勒、理查·施特劳斯和德彪西这类标志性的人物开始，接着涉及了查尔斯-艾夫斯和沃恩斯·威廉斯为代表的民族主义运动，勋伯格、贝尔格、韦伯恩和法国六人团所体现的哲性运动，以及自成一体的巨人如巴托克和斯特拉文斯基。此外，对于各类“主义”——序列主义、简约主义、偶然主义、新浪漫主义和多元主义，也都做了清晰地阐释。 《二十世纪音乐(现代欧美音乐风格史原版引进)》分为三个部分一超越调性：从1900年到第一次世界大战；重构与新体系：两次世界大战之间；创新与分裂：从第二次世界大战至今。每一部分开头都单列一章介绍当时的社会与思想环境，这是理解那时音乐现象必不可少的背景。全书贯穿着对特定作品的分析，遍布丰富的插图和谱例。

A greatly expanded edition of a masterpiece by a world-class pianist and writer on music.This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classicalera music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language.For this expanded edition, now available in paperback for the first time, Rosen has provided a new, 64-page chapter on the later years of Beethoven and the musical conventions he inherited from Haydn and Mozart. The author has also written an extensive new preface in which he responds to other writers who have commented on his ideas.

Now in trade paperback: “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” ( Forum ). In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.