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» Annotation for Lerdahl, Fred, and Jackendoff, Ray
   A brief exposition of their joint work applying insights from generative linguistics to the formal analysis of music, assuming the listener is experienced in the tonal idiom.
   http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rhythm/annotations/lerdahl83.html

» Art of the States: Fred Lerdahl
   Biographical material and details of his Fantasy Etudes with information on the performance by eighth blackbird. Includes entire piece in RAM audio, with a duration of 13:19.
   http://www.artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=50

» Fred Lerdahl
   Biography from the Living Composers Project noting academic career, writings, and musical works. Includes contact information.
   http://composers21.com/compdocs/lerdahlf.htm

» Fred Lerdahl's "Wake"
   Study of his music intersecting with the literature of James Joyce includes original commentary and CD liner notes.
   http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/music/lerdahl_wake.html

» Fred Lerdahl's Attack on Serialism
   Discussion of his published article "Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems", which explores the relationship between composing and listening.
   http://music.dartmouth.edu/~kov/lerdahl/