
The Topos of Music II: Performance
Theory, Software, and Case Studies
Guerino Mazzola(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 10. April 2018
Book
Hardback
XLVII, 408 pages
978-3-319-64443-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
2nd ed. 2017
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
XLVII, 408 p.
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1357 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-64443-1 (9783319644431)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-64444-8
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Person
Prof. Dr. Guerino Mazzola earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Zurich University. He wrote the groundbreaking book The Topos of Music in 2002 -- its formal language and models are used by leading researchers in Europe and North America and have become a foundation of music software design. Prof. Mazzola has a joint appointment as professor in the School of Music and in the Interdisciplinary Program in Collaborative Arts at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Florian Thalmann is a PhD student at the School of Music of the University of Minnesota; he has a degree in computer science from the University of Bern. Dr. Joomi Park is a composer and pianist who performs her own work throughout the United States, Asia and Europe; she received her Ph.D. in music composition at the University of Minnesota; her music was awarded first prize in both the Beethoven Club Composition contest, offered in conjunction with the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival, and the J. Dorfman MemorialCompetition, held by ISAM in Germany; she is a faculty member in the McNally Smith College of Music.
Content
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.