天行有常 洞幽察微——评李西安、赵冬梅《中国传统旋律与曲式系列理论丛书》

Unlocking Hidden Insights:Book Review of Traditional Chinese Melody and Music Form Series by Li Xi’an and Zhao Dongmei

写出一套中国传统音乐分析的研究著作,是自姚锦新先生以来中国几代音乐理论家的夙愿。文章以李西安、赵冬梅《中国传统旋律与曲式系列理论丛书》的成书过程为线索,对其中四本分册所研究的基本问题进行了宏观概述,进而选择其中具有启发意义的问题进行了剖析,也提出了某些或许会存在争议的问题,并对这套丛书的意义进行了评价。

It has been the long-cherished wish of several generations of Chinese music theorists since Mr.Yao Jinxin to write a set of research works on the analysis of Chinese traditional music.This article examines the writing process of Li Xi’an and Zhao Dongmei’s Chinese Traditional Melody and Music Form Series,then gives an overview of the basic issues studied in the four books,Furthermore,it analyzes the selective insightful issues,raises some controversial issues and evaluates thesignificance of this series.