Title: Algorithmic composition
First published: 2009
Description: Algorithmic composition – composing by means of formalizable methods – has a century old tradition not only in occidental music history. This is the first book to provide a detailed overview of prominent procedures of algorithmic composition in a pragmatic way rather than by treating formalizable aspects in single works. In addition to an historic overview, each chapter presents a specific class of algorithm in a compositional context by providing a general introduction to its development and theoretical basis and describes different musical applications. Each chapter outlines the strengths, weaknesses and possible aesthetical implications resulting from the application of the treated approaches. Topics covered are: markov models, generative grammars, transition networks, chaos and self-similarity, genetic algorithms, cellular automata, neural networks and artificial intelligence are covered. The comprehensive bibliography makes this work ideal for the musician and the researcher alike.
Subjects: Composition (Music), Philosophy and aesthetics, Pattern formation (Physical sciences), Musical analysis, History and criticism, Music theory, Soft computing, Music, Computer composition, Mathematics, Algorithms, Music theory, mathematics, Music, philosophy and aesthetics, Music, history and criticism, 20th century, Computer composition (Music), Composition (Musique) par ordinateur, Composition (Musique), Théorie musicale, Mathématiques, Analyse musicale, Formation des structures (Sciences physiques), Algorithmes, Informatique douce, Musique, Philosophie et esthétique, Histoire et critique, Computer science, Information systems, Symbolic and mathematical Logic, Computers &amp; the internet
LC classification: MT56 .N54 2009