How to compose music with a recipe (Arvo Pärt, Xenakis and others)

Using algorithms to generate music can seem a bit 'inhuman', but for many of us composers they're an essential part of the process. In this video I look at some of the ways composers use algorithms. Many thanks to Matthew Rose and Ben Levin!


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Videos
Ray Kurzweil on I've Got a Secret
   • Ray Kurzweil on "I've Got a Secret"  

AI Mozart
   • Mozart style Sonata 2 1 Emmy Cope  

Arvo Part Fur Alina
   • Видео  
Iannis Xenakis - ST/10-1,080262
   • Iannis Xenakis - ST/10=1,080262  
Per Norgard Voyage into the Golden Screen
   • Voyage into the Golden Screen  


Research
Algorithmic Composition
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/7...
http://www.imacliche.com/how-computer...
David Cope Interview:
https://liveinnovation.org/david-cope...
Generate music out of words Guido-style
https://explodingart.com/jmusic/jmtut...
Guido:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25487523...
Xenakis
https://monoskop.org/images/7/74/Xena...
Arvo Part
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7...
Musical Algorithms overview
http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas02gw/pa...
Euclidian Rhythms
https://www.beatlabacademy.com/euclid...
(The plugin shown is Euclidian Sequencer for Max for Live)
https://gumroad.com/l/euclideanSequencer
Brief history of Algorithms
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~blackrse/...
John Clinton's Combinatorial Music Machine
https://ncm.ucpress.edu/content/ucpnc...
Algorithms to Live By
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Online Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences
https://oeis.org/play.html
Per Norgard's Infinity Series
https://web.archive.org/web/200710100...
Recaman Sequence Numberphile
   • The Slightly Spooky Recamán Sequence - Num...