On 14 Jul 2014, at 09:23, Nick Collins wrote:
> I am reminded of the case of Bo Nilsson and the formulas claimed to be underlying his music, when he actually worked by ear:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Nilsson#Style_and_technique
> So his music was promoted as algorithmic/mathematical/serialist and turned out to be intuitive
I had similar suspicions about the work of his relative Click Nilson. Claimed to result from an algorithm, but actually turned out to be an anagram.
Meanwhile, congratulations on the book proposal, and I look forward to extending/debating the agenda.
The following recent paper, for example, defines "algorithmic composition" to include DAWs and sequencers, which takes us a long way from Darmstadt:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/bend/ppig2014/15ppig2014_submission_10.pdf
Alan
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