《前奏曲:铃鼓先生》是美国作曲家约翰·科里利亚诺创作后期重要的室内乐作品——声乐套曲《铃鼓先生:鲍勃·迪伦的七首诗》(2000年)中的第一首,这首作品呈现出现代音响包裹下深具传统精神内蕴核心的调性结构思维的创作特征。科里利亚诺作品中这一调性结构思维不仅表现出对传统结构方式的延伸与丰富,而且在现代音响的缤纷世界中具有广阔的适用范围和持久的应用效力。 “Prelude: Mr. Tambour” is an important chamber music piece written by American composer John Coreliano in the late vocal music “Tambourine: Seven Poems by Bob Dylan” (2000) , This first work presents the creative features of tonality structural thinking with a deep spiritual core of tradition wrapped in modern sound. In the works of Cornelian, this tonalist thinking not only shows the extension and enrichment of the traditional structure, but also has a wide scope of application and lasting effectiveness in the colorful world of modern sound.