RESEARCH PROPOSAL - Application of Physical Phenomena to Algorithmic Music Composition

RESEARCH PROPOSAL 

Application of Physical Phenomena to Algorithmic Music Composition

Prof. Bruno Degazio, Sheridan College

DMA Candidate, University of Toronto, Faculty of Music 

1) Introduction - Should Art Imitate Nature?

a) Context - Nature and Culture

b) Aesthetics

2) Historical Survey 

a) Musical Representation of Physical Phenomena in Music History

b) Musical Representation of Physical Phenomena in Contemporary Music

3) “Visual Music” - Integration of Real-Time OpenGL Graphics with a MIDI-based Algorithmic Music Composition System

a) The Goal -  Realtime, Algorithmic, Full-Motion Graphics

b) Discussion of OpenGL

c) Summary of Related Work

d) Technical Challenges to Integration of MIDI and OpenGL

e) Compositional Applications - Harmonia, Fractal Shiva

f) Future Work

4) Application of Tessendorf's Interactive Wave Algorithm to Music Composition

a) Algorithmic Composition in Music History

b) Algorithmic Composition in Contemporary Music

c) Water as an Aesthetic Factor in Music History

d) Water As an Aesthetic Factor in Contemporary Music

e) Wave Motion As a Musical Motif

f) Computer Simulation of Water Waves 

g) Implementation in the Transformation Engine

h) Musical Parameter Mappings

i) Composition Application - Wavelength

5) Chaotic Behavior of the Double Pendulum as Applied to Music Composition

a)  Musical Aspects of Pendulum Motion

i) Simple Pendulum

ii) Double Pendulum

b) Musical Interest

i) Chaotic Dynamics have a “natural” quality 

ii) Blend of predictability and unpredictability 

iii) Long-term Dynamic unfolding due to positive or negative Friction

6) Conclusion - Nature and Art