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- Cohen, D., The Components of Music through Hearing and Knowledge (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Academon, 1975, 244 pp.; 3rd expanded ed., 1996.
- Cohen, D., and R. Katz, The Israeli Folk Song: A Methodological Example of Computer Analysis of Monophonic Music. Yuval, Monograph Series No. 6. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1977, 96 pp.
- Cohen, D., Acoustics and Music (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Academon, 1983, 423 pp.; 2nd expanded ed., 1990; 2nd printing, 2004.
- Cohen, D., M. Zur, and N. Wagner, Keyboard Harmony (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Academon. First edition, 1979, 138 pp. Second, enlarged edition, 1985, 146 pp.
- Cohen, D., East and West in Music (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1986, 411 pp.; 2nd ed., 2006.
- Cohen, D., Contemplation and Experience in Music Education (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1991.
- Cohen, D., and R. Katz, Palestinian Arab Music: A Maqam Tradition in Practice. University of Chicago Press, 2006.