[译者前言:本文译自马来西亚学者格豪斯·纳苏鲁汀英文版《马来传统音乐》(The Malay Traditional Music·吉隆坡·1992)一书的“导论”部分。原书共有六章,论述了马来传统音乐的文化背景,历史与现状,涉及乐器、乐律、乐调,乐俗等诸多方面,并配以大量黑白和彩色图片以及乐谱,堪称一部严肃的学术著作。不足的是,此书对中国文化对马来音乐的影响方面极少涉及,而这是不可忽视的。 作者格豪斯·纳苏鲁汀生于马来西亚的槟洲,(?)为马来亚大学的地理专业毕业生,因对马来艺术和文化有浓厚的兴趣而改弦易辙,后进入美国印第安那大学专攻戏剧,并致力于马来音 [Translator’s Preface: This article is from the introductory section of The Malay Traditional Music Kuala Lumpur 1992 by Malaysian scholar Gehry Nauturdin in English. The original book consists of six chapters, discusses the Malay traditional music cultural background, history and current situation, involving instruments, music, music, music and many other aspects, with a large number of black and white and color pictures and music, be called a serious Academic writings. The downside is that this book has very little to do with the impact of Chinese culture on Malay music, which can not be ignored. Author Groth Na Nasu Lutin was born in Penang, Malaysia (?) Geography Malaya University graduates, because of the Malay culture and culture have a strong interest in changing course, then entered the United States Indiana University specializing in drama , And committed to Malay sound