戴里克·库克,英国音乐理论家。主要研究西方19世纪音乐,以人类情感作为理论支点阐述了音乐本质问题。作曲家的情感究竟是如何进入到自己的作品中去的,这种情感又如何通过对作品的欣赏鉴赏而为听众所把握。这是本文所要探讨的主要问题。 Derek Cook, a British music theorist. Mainly studies western 19th century music, expounds the essence of music with human emotion as the theoretical fulcrum. How does the composer’s emotion enter into his own work? How can this emotion be grasped by the audience by appreciating the works? This is the main issue to be explored in this article.