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Music-Research Digest Wed, 11 Oct 89 Volume 4 : Issue 60
Today's Topics:
Bach generative grammars
Contribution/Grad Schools
music typesetting & text notation..
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 11:50:58 ITA
From: laura Tedeschini Lalli <LAURATED@EARN.IRMUNISA>
Subject: Bach generative grammars
To: MUSIC-RESEARCH@UK.AC.OXFORD.PRG
The first approach I know to generative description of Bach's chorales,
using the computer to check the rules, is "Verso una grammatica della
melodia" by Mario Baroni and Carlo Jacoboni, preprint Universita di
Bologna 1976. They have since gone on to the study of harmony, have
more collaborators, and publish also in English.
You can contact them at
prof.Mario Baroni - Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo - Universita degli
Studi di Bologna - Via Galliera 3 - I40123 Bologna, Italy.
In 1985, Ebcioglu got his Ph.D. from John Myhill at SUNY-Buffalo (either
Mathematics or Computer Science), writing a thesis on this subject, from
an expert system viewpoint,with extensive bibliography. I do not know his
whereabouts, and suggest asking Lejaren Hiller at the Music dept. in
Buffalo, or the graduate office of the mathematics dept. at Buffalo.
Laura Tedeschini-Lalli Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Castelnuovo"
Universita di Roma "La Sapienza" P.le Aldo Moro 2 I00186 Roma Italy.
email Laurated@IRMUNISA.BITNET
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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 89 16:12:53 PDT
From: david <(David Rosenboom)david%edu.berkeley.mills@edu.berkeley.jade>
Subject: Contribution/Grad Schools
To: Music-Research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
Here's a contribution for Music Research Digets describing graduate
programs at Mills College, which may be of interest to persons on
this network.
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PLACES TO STUDY COMPUTER MUSIC - Mills College,
Center for Contemporary Music
The Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California
offers four masters-level degree programs:
MFA in Electronic Music and The Recorded Media
MA in Composition
MFA in Performance and Literature
MA in History and Literature
Many graduate students in particularly the first three programs
use the facilities of the Center for Contemporary Music, which
include several studios for electro-acoustic and computer music, a
24-track recording studio, and project development labs.
The CCM also cooperates productively with the Mills Academic
Computing Center, which includes VAX, MacIntosh, and NeXT
computers.
The CCM at Mills has a 25-year history of being at the vanguard
of experimental developments in music. As such it provides
fertile ground for the growth of composers' individual styles
and a stimulating environment for developers in music and
technology. The software development environment, HMSL
(Hierarchical Music Specification Language) was developed there and
is now in use at many institutions. Work is also proceding in
in the area of performance input structures, digital signal
processing, and intelligent instrument architectures.
Relevant faculty include: David Rosenboom (composition,
systems development, theory, musical interface with the
human nervous system), Larry Polansky (composition, computer
music, theory), Anthony Braxton (composition, performance),
Chris Brown (electronic and computer music), David
Bernstein (theory), Maggi Payne (composition, electronic music,
recording techniques), and numerous visiting professors, (which
in the past have included Xenakis, Mumma, Oliveros, Gaburo,
Ashley, Nancarrow, and others). Other staff include:
Tom Erbe (Technical Director) and Phil Burk (Software
Development). An active concert series and public seminars
in formal methods are also regular features.
This program is appropriate for composers, developers, and
performers.
Contact:
Office of Graduate Study (for fastest response) - or
Department of Music (for slower response)
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94611 USA
David Rosenboom, Director, CCM
david@mills.berkeley.edu
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Thank you.
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Date: 9 Oct 89 20:27:35 GMT
From: Rick Mohr <cs.yale.edu!mohr-eric@edu.yale.cs>
Subject: music typesetting & text notation..
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
I'm considering setting up a system for computerized publishing of traditional
dance tunes (reels, jigs, waltzes, polkas, ... ). I wonder if people
familiar with the various score formatting systems and keyboards could comment
on how well they meet my rather specific needs. I'm interested in programs
for any type of computer.
The tunes themselves don't require a lot advanced features; they're just
single-line melodies on single staffs. On the other hand, getting a
professional-quality product requires fine control over size, spacing,
placement, etc. -- the ability to override the black-box style they
probably give you.
Some form of real-time input is a must. If the program can quantize a
simple MIDI input, great. Otherwise, I'm happy to write my own program to
quantize my simple tunes if they'll just tell me how to format the result into
a file which the program will recognize as valid input.
Here are the features of my ideal system:
- input
- low-quality piano-keyboard input (just pitch and duration)
- or well-documented input-file format
- score editing and formatting
- don't need
- multiple staffs
- multiple notes per stem
- lyrics
- dynamics (volume levels, crescendoes, etc)
- meter changes
- do need
- transposition
- grace notes
- ties
- ability to specify default spacing of notes, measures, and staffs
- output
- high-quality graphical output (somebody's laser printer format)
- low-quality monophonic audio output
What's the cheapest piano-keyboard I can get with MIDI output? It doesn't
even need audio output.
Are there any score formatting systems available which either provide source
code or give a well-defined input file format so I can build my own
pre-processor?
Thanks,
Rick Mohr INTERNET: mohr@cs.yale.edu
Eric Mohr INTERNET: mohr@cs.yale.edu
Computer Science Dept, Yale University BITNET: mohr@yalevm.bitnet
Box 2158, Yale Station
New Haven, CT 06520 (203) 432-4712
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