Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style - Couverture souple

Cope, David

 
9780262532617: Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0262532611 ISBN 13 : 9780262532617
Editeur : MIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

Virtual Music is about artificial creativity. Focusing on the author's Experiments in Musical Intelligence computer music composing program, the author and a distinguished group of experts discuss many of the issues surrounding the program, including artificial intelligence, music cognition, and aesthetics.

The book is divided into four parts. The first part provides a historical background to Experiments in Musical Intelligence, including examples of historical antecedents, followed by an overview of the program by Douglas Hofstadter. The second part follows the composition of an Experiments in Musical Intelligence work, from the creation of a database to the completion of a new work in the style of Mozart. It includes, in sophisticated lay terms, relatively detailed explanations of how each step in the process contributes to the final composition. The third part consists of perspectives and analyses by Jonathan Berger, Daniel Dennett, Bernard Greenberg, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Steve Larson, and Eleanor Selfridge-Field. The fourth part presents the author's responses to these commentaries, as well as his thoughts on the implications of artificial creativity.

The book (and corresponding Web site) includes an appendix providing extended musical examples referred to and discussed in the book, including composers such as Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Debussy, Bartok, and others. It is also accompanied by a CD containing performances of the music in the text.

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À propos de l?auteur

David Cope is a composer and Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style (MIT Press, 2004).

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Éditeur
MIT Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262532611
ISBN 13 
9780262532617
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
579
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  026203283X ISBN 13 :  9780262032834
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2001
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