Computers and Musical Style (Computer Music & Digital Audio Series)

By David Cope

The author demonstrates, through the use of computer, how he is able to replicate the musical styles of composers as diverse as Bach, Mozart and Prokofiev. He explains how the resultant compositions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895792567
• ISBN13: 9780895792563
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: A-R Editions
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Can computers compose music?

David Cope is well known for his attempts to induce computers to compose music in the style of various famous composers such as Bach and Mozart. Unsurprisingly, the compositions are not an unqualified success, but the account of the process presented in this book is interesting.