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Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style

Author
David Cope
Publisher / Label
The MIT Press
Country
USA
Language
English
Publication year
2004
Type of publication
Book
Number of pages
584
ISBN
9780262532617

Index

Table of Contents
Preface	
The CD	
I	Fundamentals	1
1	Virtual Music	3
2	Staring Emmy Straight in the Eye - And Doing My Best Not to Flinch	33
3	Response to Hofstadter	83
4	Composing Style-Specific Music	93
5	The Importance of Patterns	109
6	Structure	127
II	Processes and Output	139
7	Databases	141
8	Analysis	147
9	Themes and Variations	153
10	Interface	177
III	Commentary	185
11	Composition, Combinatorics, and Simulation: A Historical and Philosophical Enquiry	187
12	Experiments in Musical Intelligence and Bach	221
13	Dear Emmy: A Counterpoint Teacher's Thoughts on the Experiments in Musical Intelligence Program's Two-Part Inventions	237
14	Who Cares if It Listens? An Essay on Creativity, Expectations, and Computational Modeling of Listening to Music	263
15	Collision Detection, Muselot, and Scribble: Some Reflections on Creativity	283
16	A Few Standard Questions and Answers	293
IV	Response and Perspectives	307
17	Response to Commentaries	309
18	Perspectives and the Future	323
Bibliography	347
App. A	Mozart Databases	355
App. B	An Experiment in Musical Intelligence: Mozart Movement	379
App. C	An Experiment in Musical Intelligence: Mozart Reject	385
App. D	Virtual Music	391
App. E	The Game Key	559
Index	561