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Author Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001.

Title Formalized music : thought and mathematics in composition / Iannis Xenakis
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1971]

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 MELB  781.61 X5F  AVAILABLE
Description x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Preface -- Preface to Musiques Formelles -- 1. Free stochastic music -- 2. Markovian stochastic music - theory -- 3. Markovian stochastic music - applications -- 4. Musical strategy -- 5. Free stochastic music by composer -- 6. Symbolic music -- Conclusions and extensions for chapters 1-6 -- 7. Towards a metamusic -- 8. Towards a philosophy of music -- 9. New proposals in microsound structure
Notes Includes index
Of the 9 chapters comprising the book, 8 originally appeared in various periodicals and 6 were published as Musiques formelles, Paris, 1963
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 261-263
Subject Composition (Music)
Music theory -- History -- 20th century.
Music theory.
Music -- History and criticism -- 20th century.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Music theory -- 20th century.
Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
LC no. 76135017
ISBN 0253323789