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Composing Sound Structures with Rules.

This article discusses the composition of musical structures, in particular sound structures, using generative systems based on work done at the Institute of Sonology in the 1970s. A view of the aesthetic background of G. M. Koenig is presented and used as a framework for the description of other so...

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Published in:Contemporary Music Review Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 75 - 88
Main Author: Berg, Paul
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2009
Subjects:
Musical composition
Music
Computer software
Koenig, G. M.
Composers
Instrumental music
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article discusses the composition of musical structures, in particular sound structures, using generative systems based on work done at the Institute of Sonology in the 1970s. A view of the aesthetic background of G. M. Koenig is presented and used as a framework for the description of other software projects which often focused on micro-structure.