What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performeres and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand music, and the values we ascribe to it.

This very short introduction, written with both humor and flair, begins with a sampling of music as human activity and then goes on to consider the slippery phenomenon of how music has become an object of thought. Covering not only Western and classical music, Cook touches on all types from rock to Indonesian music and beyond. Incorporating musical forms from every continent, Music will make enjoyable reading for beginner and expert alike.usic and beyond.

什么是音乐？它是如何构建的？它是如何被消费的？为什么你会喜欢它？在《音乐。尼古拉斯-库克在《音乐：非常简短的戏剧介绍》中，邀请我们真正思考音乐以及它在我们的生活和耳朵中扮演的角色。作者通过一些浅显易懂的例子，促使我们利用自己的音乐经验，更批判性地思考表演者和听众的角色，思考作为商品和经验的音乐，理解音乐意味着什么，以及我们赋予它的价值。

这篇介绍非常简短，写得既幽默又精彩，首先对作为人类活动的音乐进行了抽样调查，然后继续考虑音乐如何成为思想的对象这一滑稽的现象。库克不仅涉及西方和古典音乐，还涉及从摇滚到印尼音乐等所有类型的音乐。融合了各大洲的音乐形式，《音乐》将使初学者和专家都能愉快地阅读。