This list provides an overview of books concerning acoustics, psychoacoustics, and the psychophysics of music.

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The Physics and Psychophysics of Music: An Introduction, Juan G. Roederer. Springer-Verlag. 1995. ISBN 354094298X (hardcover), 0387943668 (paperback)

Third edition.

Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. Arthur H. Benade. Dover Publications. 1990. ISBN 048626484X (paperback).

Comprehensive text on everything acoustical important to music-making. Over 300 illustrations, experiments, questions and examples at the end of each chapter.

Harmony: A Psychoacoustical Approach (Springer Series in Information Sciences, 19), Richard Parncutt. Springer-Verlag. 1990. ISBN 0387512799 (hardcover)

The Physics of Musical Instruments, Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas D. Rossing. Springer-Verlag. 1998. ISBN 0387983740 (hardcover), 0387941517 (paperback)

Music and the Mind Machine: The Psychophysiology and Psychopathology of the Sense of Music, R. Steinberg (Editor). Springer-Verlag. 1995. ISBN 0387585281 (paperback)

Musical Acoustics, Charles Aaron Culver. McGraw-Hill. 1956. ISBN 0070149046 (paperback)

Musicians' Guide to Acoustics, Murray Campbell, Clive Greated. Schirmer. 1987. ISBN 0028701615 (paperback)

Horns, Strings, and Harmony. Arthur H. Benade. Dover Publications. 1992. ISBN 0486273318 (paperback).

Introductory text explains scientific and aesthetic aspects of musical sounds. Simple and complex vibrating systems, ear's reception of sound, sound-making capacities of piano, violin, trumpet, bugle, trombone, oboe, clarinet, flute, saxophone, many other instruments. 76 illustrations. 288 pgs.

Clarinet Acoustics, O. Lee Gibson. Indiana University Press. 1998. ISBN 0253325765 (hardcover), 0253211727 (paperback)

Greek Musical Writings Vol. 2: Harmonic and Acoustic Theory (Cambridge Readings in the Literature of Music), Andrew Barker (Editor). Cambridge University Press. 1990. ISBN 052130220X (hardcover)

The Acoustical Foundations of Music, John Backus. W.W. Norton & Company. 1977. ISBN 0393090965 (hardcover)

Second edition.

The New Stereo Soundbook. Ronald D. Streicher, with Everest, F. Alton. Audio Engineering Associates. 1998. ISBN 0966516206 (hardcover).

A comprehensive reference covering all aspects of stereophonic sound: how it exists in nature, how it is perceived by the human hearing mechanism, the various factors that influence how it is recorded and reproduced, and an up-to-date chapter on multi-channel and surround sound systems. The complete 1934 patent of Alan Blumlein, an extensive list of references, a glossary, and cross-referenced Index complete the features of the book.