Fred Lerdahl
Categories: American composers | Living classical composers | Music theorists
Fred Lerdahl, Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, is a composer and music theorist, best known for his work on pitch space and cognitive constraints on compositional systems or "musical grammar"s.
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Bibliography
- Lerdahl, Fred (1992). Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems, Contemporary Music Review 6 (2), pp. 97-121.
- Lerdahl, Fred and Jackendoff, Ray (1996). A Generative Theory of Tonal Music. MIT Press. ISBN 026262107X.
- Lerdahl, Fred (2001). Tonal Pitch Space. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195058348
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External links
- Columbia Department of Music Faculty: Fred Lerdahl
- Fred Lerdahl's Attack on Serialism by Ken Overton
- Art of the States: Fred Lerdahl
- New Music Box asks Fred Lerdahl: What role has theory played in your compositions and how important is it for people to know the theory behind the music in order to appreciate it?