Describes a universal conceptual approach to the computational science of music

Comprises detailed models of harmony, rhythm, motives, and counterpoint, together with classic examples from the compositions of Beethoven and Schumann

Presents an indispensable basis for computer implementation of musical creativity and analysis of harmonic, motivic, contrapuntal, and rhythmical structures

Offers a unique source to learn about classification theorems and lists of local and global musical structures

Klappentext
This is the first volume of the second edition of the now classic book The Topos of Music. The author explains the theory's conceptual framework of denotators and forms, the classification of local and global musical objects, the mathematical models of harmony and counterpoint, and topologies for rhythm and motives.

Inhalt

Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface.- Part I Introduction and Orientation.- Part II Navigation on Concept Spaces.- Part III Local Theory.- Part IV Global Theory.- Part V Topologies for Rhythm and Motives.- Part VI Harmony.- Part VII Counterpoint. Part XXIV References and Index.