How to compose music with a recipe (Arvo Pärt, Xenakis and others)

Using algorithms to generate music can seem a bit 'inhuman', but for many of us composers they're an essential part of the process. In this video I look at some of the ways composers use algorithms. Many thanks to Matthew Rose and Ben Levin! ⦿ Support the Channel on Patreon⦿ https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce ⦿David Bruce Composer Spotify Playlist⦿ https://tinyurl.com/y798swcy ⦿ Follow me on Twitter⦿ https://www.twitter.com/davidbruce ⦿ Follow me on Instagram⦿ https://www.instagram.com/davidbrucecomposer ⦿ My 2nd YouTube Channel⦿ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHjcEVdMjIOOlVhtTRq4sDw Videos Ray Kurzweil on I've Got a Secret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Neivqp2K4 AI Mozart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7zTLw7s2dc Arvo Part Fur Alina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05n91td5Q8I Iannis Xenakis - ST/10-1,080262 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZjCy18qrA Per Norgard Voyage into the Golden Screen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc8GvMkjGBc Research Algorithmic Composition https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/7/109891-algorithmic-composition/fulltext http://www.imacliche.com/how-computer-composers-changes-the-music-composition David Cope Interview: https://liveinnovation.org/david-cope-a-lifetime-contribution-to-artificial-intelligence-and-music/ Generate music out of words Guido-style https://explodingart.com/jmusic/jmtutorial/GuidoWordMusic.html Guido: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25487523?read-now=1&seq=1 Xenakis https://monoskop.org/images/7/74/Xenakis_Iannis_Formalized_Music_Thought_and_Mathematics_in_Composition.pdf Arvo Part https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7YsMZ6zeHSsC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=arvo+part+hiller+guido+d%27arezzo&source=bl&ots=VfVU6gE5kP&sig=ACfU3U1aC2nKdki03gywkZvUkWkObD6ohQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3-o2wm93oAhUKyxoKHd51BEUQ6AEwAHoECCEQLA#v=onepage&q=%20guido&f=false Musical Algorithms overview http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas02gw/papers/AISB99b.pdf Euclidian Rhythms https://www.beatlabacademy.com/euclidian-rhythms-polyrhythms-in-ableton-live-free-download/ (The plugin shown is Euclidian Sequencer for Max for Live) https://gumroad.com/l/euclideanSequencer Brief history of Algorithms https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~blackrse/algorithm.html John Clinton's Combinatorial Music Machine https://ncm.ucpress.edu/content/ucpncm/43/2/86.full.pdf Algorithms to Live By https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015DLA0LE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Online Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences https://oeis.org/play.html Per Norgard's Infinity Series https://web.archive.org/web/20071010091644/http://www.pernoergaard.dk/eng/strukturer/uendelig/ukonstruktion01.html Recaman Sequence Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGC5TdIiT9U