羅傑?卡曼(Roger Kamien)，1934年生於巴黎，6個月大被父母帶到美國，先後獲得哥倫比亞大學音樂學士，普林斯頓大學音樂學碩士和博士，曾在亨特大學教音樂史，音樂理論和音樂文獻，後在紐約大學女五學院擔任20年音樂欣賞教研主任。19567-1959年，返迴巴黎做富布賴特學者，專傢研究18世紀音樂。1983年，當選耶路撒冷希伯來大學祖賓?梅塔音樂學會主席，近年來，他和妻子安妮成立一個雙人鋼琴組。

Whether from a concert stage or at the front of a classroom, Roger Kamien knows how to reach an audience--blending intelligence and passion to lift music from the page and bring it to life. His unique combination of artistic and teaching skills makes "Music: An Appreciation, " Brief Edition an invaluable tool for students wanting to learn more about music. This best-selling textbook introduces students to perceptive listening and provides an engaging introduction to musical elements, forms, and stylistic periods. It is organized chronologically, but individual sections can be addressed in any order, for a variety of teaching approaches. Musical notation is included but is not required to understand the popular listening guides featured in the text, which focus students' attention on musical events as they unfold. This edition moves most of the content of the companion multi-media CD-ROM to the Online Learning Center providing open access for all students to the many activities and video instrument demonstrations.