Defense Date
4-6-2017
Graduation Date
Spring 1-1-2017
Availability
Worldwide Access
Submission Type
thesis
Degree Name
MM
Department
Music Education
School
Mary Pappert School of Music
Committee Chair
Lynn Purse
Committee Member
William Purse
Committee Member
Judith Bowman
Keywords
Generative Music
Abstract
This thesis describes a series of original interactive computer music compositions that are structured around simulations of natural phenomena. The relationship between simulation and music composition is considered and found to be a likely site of high creative potential due to both domains’ concern with process and becoming as opposed to static artifacts. The medium of the web application is considered as an ideal site for contemporary musical experimentation and a portrait is given of the current affordances and constraints of browser-based applications. Five musical systems are described within the context of their simulation and design techniques and some reflections are made to suggest further lines of experimentation.
Format
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Filipczak, D. (2017). Structure & Simulation: Growth and Evolution in Generative Music (Master's thesis, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/116