Musica Mathematica: Traditions and Innovations in Contemporary Music

The concept of «musica mathematica» seeks to accurately examine the intersection of two seemingly radically different subject areas. From the perspective of a European perception, the definition of the science of music was a result of the Pythagorean concept of universal harmony. The Pythagoreans were the first in European culture to raise the issue of uniting music and mathematics, sound and number.

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The Sounds and Sights of Performance in Early Music: Essays in Honour of Timothy J. McGee

The experience of music performance is always far more than the sum of its sounds, and evidence for playing and singing techniques is not only inscribed in music notation but can also be found in many other types of primary source materials. This volume of essays presents a cross-section of new research on performance issues in music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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Composer4filmz Cinematic Legion WAV

Big Citi Loops and Composer4filmz team up to bring you 'Cinematic Legion'. A hybrid genre of 5 samples packs that give you a wide range of cinematic samples ranging from styles like: Drama, Tension, Suspense, Ambient, Documentary, as well, as Epic Aggression. Cinematic Legion brings you the best in sound creation and effects. These sound packs will increase the pressure in your action and dramatic cues.

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CREATE.Digital Music 1920'S Jazz Vocals WAV

Rising Rejecks featuring Producer MissCallMe Cris, brings you authentic vocals inspired from the beloved Jazz era of the 1920's, with upbeat and downbeat melodic variances that can be chopped and sampled for Hip-Hop, or creatively used with Lo-Fi and R&B. Brought to you by CREATE.Digital Music

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Ligeti’s Macroharmonies: A Graphical-Statistical Analysis of Book 3 of the Piano Etudes (Computational Music Science)

In the third and final book of his iconic piano etudes György Ligeti charts a new path relative to the rest of his musical output, representing a significant arrival in a composer’s oeuvre known for its stylistic transformations. This monograph is the first dedicated study of these capstone works, investigating them through a novel lens of statistical-graphical analysis that illuminates their compositional uniqueness as well as broader questions regarding the perception of stability in musical texture.

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Insights into Music Composition

Insights into Music Composition is a guide and source of inspiration for beginning students of music composition. Drawing on perspectives from a range of experienced composers, the book introduces readers to the compositional process, emphasizing how to think about creating a piece of music from beginning to end by providing not only a survey of methods but also an understanding of the overarching context for composition. The authors present student composers with the tools to develop their own voice, covering topics such as

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