Algorithmic Composition: A Guide to Composing Music with Nyquist

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Algorithmic Composition A Guide to Composing Music with Nyquist Algorithmic Composition A Guide to Composing Music with Nyquist Mary Simoni and Roger B. Dannenberg Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mary Simoni and Roger B. Dannenberg Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the university of michigan press Ann Arbor Copyright © 2008, 2012 by Mary Simoni and Roger B. Dannenberg All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ 〇 Printed on acid-free paper 2015 2014 2013 2012 4 3 2 1 ISBN 978-0-472-11868-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-472-03523-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-472-02905-1 (e-book) The authors have used their best efforts in preparing this book. These efforts include the development of software. The authors make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, with regard to the software included or referenced in this book. About the cover: Inspired by Atlas Eclipticalis by John Cage (see Chapter 12), in which musical staves were superimposed over a star chart, this design by Roger B. Dannenberg includes a NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of globular cluster M15 (15th object in the Messier Catalog), located 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The star image is by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and available at http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1993/13/image/a. 2016 2015 2014 2013  4 3 2 1 2013 Dedicated to Kevin, Shannon and Sarah Frances and Richard ...