The Topos of Music II: Performance - Theory, Software, and Case Studies

This is the first volume of the second edition of the now classic book "The Topos of Music". The author explains the theory's conceptual f This is the second volume of the second edition of the now classic book "The Topos of Music". The author explains his theory of musical performance, developed in the language of differential geometry, introducing performance vector fields that generalize tempo and intonation. The author also shows how Rubato, a software platform for composition, analysis, and performance, allows an experimental evaluation of principles of expressive performance theories.

List of contents

Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface.- Part VIII Structure Theory of Performance.- Part IX Expressive Semantics.- Part X RUBATO.- Part XI Statistics of Analysis and Performance.- Part XII Inverse Performance Theory.- Part XIII Operationalization of Poiesis.- Part XIV String Quartet Theory.- Part XXIV References and Index.

Summary

This is the second volume of the second edition of the now classic book “The Topos of Music”. The author explains his theory of musical performance, developed in the language of differential geometry, introducing performance vector fields that generalize tempo and intonation. The author also shows how Rubato, a software platform for composition, analysis, and performance, allows an experimental evaluation of principles of expressive performance theories.

Product details

• Authors: Guerino Mazzola
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319644431
• ISBN: 978-3-31-964443-1
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 212 mm x 31 mm x 285 mm
• Weight: 1336 g
• Illustrations: XLVII, 408 p.
• Series: Computational Music Science; Culture, Mind, and Society; Culture, Mind, and Society; Computational Music Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; Kunst, B, Music, Performing Arts, Fachspezifischer Unterricht, Mathematics, computer science, The arts, Art Education, Computer and Information Systems Applications, Application software, Creativity and Arts Education, Teaching of a specific subject, Theatre and Performance Arts, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer applications in the arts & humanities, User interfaces (Computer systems), Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Mathematics in Music