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Not longer than Steve Reich, John Cage, Philip Glass, or Ann Southam. Nor for that matter Mozart, who wrote simple algorithmic compositions powered by dice. Th
by tessierashpool 2y ago
Not longer than Steve Reich, John Cage, Philip Glass, or Ann Southam.
Nor for that matter Mozart, who wrote simple algorithmic compositions powered by dice. These were common musical games in his day.
- xanderlewis 2y agoYou’re probably right, but I meant generative in the sense of building a machine that does the entire process.
- tessierashpool 2y agoah, like Al-Jazari's water-powered musical automata in 1206, or Athanasius Kircher's marble machine in the 17th century. or (for more modern examples) Raymond Scott's Electronium in 1959, and the Rhythmicon in 1931.