# A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, reissue, with a new preface

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- Authors: [Fred Lerdahl](https://www.bookquiver.com/fred-lerdahl), [Ray S. Jackendoff](https://www.bookquiver.com/ray-s-jackendoff)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6262-107-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1996-06-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A search for a grammar of music with the aid of generative linguistics. This work, which has become a classic in music theory since its original publication in 1983, models music understanding from the...