The Topos of Music III: Gestures Musical Multiverse Ontologies

This is the third volume of the second edition of the now classic book “The Topos of Music”. The authors present gesture theory, including a gesture philosophy for music, the mathematics of gestures, concept architectures and software for musical gesture theory, the multiverse perspective which reve...

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Main Authors: Mazzola, Guerino, Guitart, René (Author), Ho, Jocelyn (Author), Lubet, Alex (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:2nd ed. 2017
Series:Computational Music Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This is the third volume of the second edition of the now classic book “The Topos of Music”. The authors present gesture theory, including a gesture philosophy for music, the mathematics of gestures, concept architectures and software for musical gesture theory, the multiverse perspective which reveals the relationship between gesture theory and the string theory in theoretical physics, and applications of gesture theory to a number of musical themes, including counterpoint, modulation theory, free jazz, Hindustani music, and vocal gestures
Physical Description:LI, 604 p online resource
ISBN:9783319644813