Formalized Music
Thought and Mathematics in Composition (revised edition)
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-57647-079-4 (ISBN)
Description
Pendragon Press is proud to offer this new, revised, and expanded edition of Formalized Music, Iannis Xenakis's landmark book of 1971. In addition to three totally new chapters examining recent breakthroughs in music theory, two original computer programs illustrating the actual realization of newly proposed methods of composition, and an appendix of the very latest developments of stochastic synthesis as an invitation to future exploration, Xenakis offersa very critical self-examination of his theoretical propositions and artistic output of the past thirty-five years. This edition of Formalized Music is an essential tool for understanding the man and the thought processesof one of this century's most important and revolutionary musical figures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hillsdale
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-57647-079-4 (9781576470794)
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Person
Iannis Xenakis: The Greek composer trained as an architect, and created works of shattering visceral power that still astound today.
Sharon Kanach, Vice-President of Centre Iannis Xenakis (formerly CCMIX) in France and Founder and President of the Xenakis Project of the Americas of the Brook Center at CUNY, was Xenakis's assistant for two decades.
Sharon Kanach, Vice-President of Centre Iannis Xenakis (formerly CCMIX) in France and Founder and President of the Xenakis Project of the Americas of the Brook Center at CUNY, was Xenakis's assistant for two decades.