Lerdahl, Fred Whitford - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5325 Brief biography noting studies and influences, work in composition and theory. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
Annotation for Lerdahl, Fred, and Jackendoff, Ray - http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rhythm/annotations/lerdahl83.html A brief exposition of their joint work applying insights from generative linguistics to the formal analysis of music, assuming the listener is experienced in the tonal idiom.
Fred Lerdahl - http://www.music.columbia.edu/faculty/lerdahl.html Official faculty page from Columbia University Department of Music. Biography, selected publications, and selected compositions.
Fred Lerdahl's "Wake" - http://www.themodernword.com/joyce/music/lerdahl_wake.html Study of his music intersecting with the literature of James Joyce includes original commentary and CD liner notes.
Fred Lerdahl's Attack on Serialism - http://music.dartmouth.edu/~kov/lerdahl/ Discussion of his published article "Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems", which explores the relationship between composing and listening.
Fred Lerdahl - http://composers21.com/compdocs/lerdahlf.htm Biography from the Living Composers Project noting academic career, writings, and musical works. Includes contact information.
Art of the States: Fred Lerdahl - http://www.artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=50 Biographical material and details of his Fantasy Etudes with information on the performance by eighth blackbird. Includes entire piece in RAM audio, with a duration of 13:19.
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