曹本冶主编的四卷六本《中国传统民间仪式音乐研究》是“中国传统民间仪式音乐研究计划”的重要成果汇集,其理论架构与研究范式已成为当前中国“仪式音乐研究”的一个重要风向标。曹氏“音声”概念,“信仰—仪式行为—仪式中的音声”命题及“定活”、“远近”、“内外”两极变量思维方法已为学界对“仪式中音声的研究”提供了实用性的理论基础。全卷积累的大量田野调查一手资料,将为音乐学以至人类学、民俗学提供重要的资料基础。 Cao Benye’s four volumes and six volumes of “Chinese traditional folk ritual music study” is a collection of important achievements of “Chinese traditional folk ritual music research program,” the theoretical framework and research paradigm has become the current “China Ritual Music Research An important weathervane. Cao ”sound“ concept, ”belief - ritual behavior - ritual sound“ proposition and ”fixed “, ”far and near “, ”inside and outside “Ritual sound research ” provides a practical theoretical basis. The volume of field research accumulated a large amount of first-hand information, will provide an important information base for musicology and anthropology, folklore.