This volume contains articles most of which present empirical studies in the field of systematic musicology. Contributions in particular deal with aspects of melody including modeling and computer-assisted analysis as well as with various issues in sound and music perception, musical acoustics and psychoacoustics. Topics range from loudness perception in Techno music to sound radiation in classical singing styles, and from timbre research to wave field synthesis and room acoustics. One focus of this volume is on pop and rock music, another is on ethno and folk music. In addition to empirical...

Traditionsgemass weiss sich musikwissenschaftliche Forschung in Deutschland der schriftlich festgehaltenen Musik verpflichtet. Die Auseinandersetzung mit jenen Musikrichtungen, die im 20. Jahrhundert fur Millionen von Menschen immer grossere Bedeutung bekommen haben Unterhaltungs- und Tanzmusik, Rock, Pop und Jazz wurde zwar schon von Guido Adler in seinem programmatischen Entwurf einer historischen und systematischen Musikwissenschaft eingefordert, aber nur zogerlich eingelost. Das allerdings darf nicht daruber hinwegtauschen, dass eine ernst zu nehmende Popularmusikforschung in Deutschland...

Since musical acoustics imply subjects playing instruments or singing in order to produce sound according to musical structures, this area is also covered including a study that presents an artificial intelligent agent capable to interact with a real ('analog') player in musical genres such as traditional and free jazz.