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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David CopePublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.885kg ISBN: 9780262532617ISBN 10: 0262532611 Pages: 580 Publication Date: 30 January 2004 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"""Virtual Music is a joy to read."" - Douglas Geers, Electronic Musician""" David Cope's new book is a must for anyone interested in musical creativity or the formal analysis of music. Not least, it's a must for anyone who already knows Cope's work: you're in for some surprises! --Margaret A. Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex 'Virtual Music' is not to be missed. It is engrossing, illuminating, and some would say outrageous. David Cope's computer program, Emmy, composes music that's difficult to distinguish from real music. But perhaps it is 'real' music? And perhaps Emmy is really creative? Several critics insist that it isn't. Douglas Hofstadter, for instance, challenges Cope in an essay in the book called Staring Emmy Straight in the Eye -- And Doing My Best Not to Flinch. Their debate is essential reading for anyone interested in musical creativity, or in the relation between creativity and computers. You don't need to be a computer-buff, or an expert musician either, to be fascinated by it. Whether you'll be seduced or merely infuriated is for you to find out. --Margaret A. Boden, Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex If only Beethoven or Chopin could explain their methods as clearly as David Cope. So when Cope's program writes a delightful turn of musical phrase, who is the artist: the composer being emulated, Cope's software, or David Cope himself? Cope offers keen philosophical insights into this question, one that will become increasingly compelling over time. He also provides us with brilliant and unique insights into the intricate structure of humankind's most universal artform. --Raymond Kurzweil, inventor and author of The Age of Intelligent Machines and The Age of Spiritual Machines ""Virtual Music is a joy to read."" - Douglas Geers, Electronic Musician"" Virtual Music is a joy to read. - Douglas Geers, Electronic Musician Author InformationDavid Cope is a composer and Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Virtual Music- Computer Synthesis of Musical Style (MIT Press, 2004). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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