Re: [microsound] a Pi Day article to enjoy

[Paulo Mouat <paulo.mouat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Especially since his book Musiques Formelles is now available in pdf
online for free. I haven't checked the pdf carefully, but I think the
english edition (Formalized Music, Pendragon Press) I got in the early
90s has more material.

//p
http://www.interdisciplina.org/00.0/

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Gary R. Weisberg <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An interesting article, but very rooted in the assumption that music is primarily
> a western-civilization construct based on equal temperament (ie. 12 tone)
> melodic and harmonic principles.
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> I think it would be more interesting for microsounders to study some of the
> works of Xenakis, especially relating to the kinetic theory of gases and
> Brownian motion as mathematical jumping-off points for compostition.
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