Evolutionary Computer Music

ISBN 10: 1846285992 / ISBN 13: 9781846285998

Published by Springer, 2007

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pp. xiv + 259 Illus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolutionary Computer Music
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846285992
• ISBN 13: 9781846285998
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

This book discusses the applications of evolutionary computation to music and the tools needed to create and study such systems. These tools can be combined to create surrogate artificial worlds populated by interacting simulated organisms in which complex musical experiments can be performed. The book demonstrates that evolutionary systems can be used to create and to study musical compositions and cultures in ways that have never before been achieved.

About the Author

Eduardo Reck Miranda is a Professor in Computer Music at the University of Plymouth, UK, where he heads the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). He has recently been appointed the Edgard Varèse Guest Professor of Computer Music at the Technical University of Berlin.

 

Al Biles has been applying evolutionary computation to music since 1993, when he built the first of many versions of GenJam, the Genetic Jammer. Since that time he and GenJam have performed around the world together, and Al has watched the field of evolutionary computer music emerge as a fascinating creative enterprise. Al is Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Information Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology.