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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453100303321

Autore

Dannenberg Roger B

Titolo

Algorithmic composition [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to composing music with Nyquist / / Roger B. Dannenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, MI, : University of Michigan Press, 2013

ISBN

0-472-02905-3

1-283-94159-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

781.1

Soggetti

Composition (Music)

Music - Acoustics and physics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Chapter 2. The History and Philosophy of Algorithmic Composition""; ""Chapter 3. Introduction to SAL""; ""Chapter 4. Programming and Nyquist""; ""Chapter 5. Introduction to Algorithmic Composition""; ""Chapter 6. Printing, Reading, and Debugging""; ""Chapter 7. Variable Assignment and Scoping""; ""Chapter 8. Conditionals""; ""Chapter 9. Sets and Tables""; ""Chapter 10. Functional Programming""; ""Chapter 11. Recursion""; ""Chapter 12. Iteration""; ""Chapter 13. Algorithmic Composition Using Probabilistic Methods""

""Chapter 14. Hierarchical and Recursive Musical Structure""""Chapter 15. Composing Sonic Microstructure and Macrostructure""; ""Chapter 16. Extended Examples""; ""Chapter 17. Epilogue""; ""Appendix. SAL Commands and Functions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Discography""; ""Index""