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Music-Research Digest       Thu,  8 Feb 90       Volume 5 : Issue  12 

Today's Topics:
                      answer to Mitchell Spector
                IBM PC music editor software (2 msgs)
               knowledge acquisition in music research
             Problems distributing Music Research Digest


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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 09:23:56 EST
From: laske@edu.bu.cs
Subject: answer to Mitchell Spector
To: music-research <music-research%uk.ac.oxford.prg@uk.ac.nsfnet-relay>

Feb 6, 90

Dear Mitchell Spector,

        In answer to your inquiry in music research, let me say there
is some work on your topic, as witnessed by submissions to the annual
A.I. and Music Workshops (1988 St. Paul, 1989 Detroit, 1990 Stockholm).
Unfortunately, the proceedings of the 1988/89 workshops are out of
print, and will become available only next year in the form of Readings
in A.I. and Music.
        Kemal Ebcioglu, <kemal@ibm.com> is probably most aware of 
work on your topic.
        Otto Laske

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Date: 5 Feb 90 23:57:08 GMT
From: Richard Reiner <rreiner%yunexus%ists%helios.physics.utoronto.ca%jarvis.csri.toronto.edu%cs.utexas.edu%samsung%@uk.ac.oxford.prg> 
Subject: IBM PC music editor software
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg

IBM PC software which is to a musical score as a text editor is to a
document wanted.  No other capabilities (e.g. MIDI record or playback)
needed, just the ability to edit and print musical scores.  Freeware
or shareware preferred.  Anybody know of such a thing?

Thanks.

--
Richard J. Reiner              rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca
BITNET: rreiner@yorkvm1.bitnet (also rreiner@vm1.yorku.ca)

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Richard J. Reiner              rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca
BITNET: rreiner@yorkvm1.bitnet (also rreiner@vm1.yorku.ca)

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Date: 7 Feb 90 20:37:06 GMT
From: Randy Spangler <rspangle%jarthur%brutus.cs.uiuc.edu%zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu@edu.ohio-state.cis.tut>
Subject: IBM PC music editor software
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg

In article <7272@yunexus.UUCP> rreiner@yunexus.UUCP (Richard Reiner) writes:

>IBM PC software which is to a musical score as a text editor is to a
>document wanted.  No other capabilities (e.g. MIDI record or playback)
>needed, just the ability to edit and print musical scores.  Freeware
>or shareware preferred.  Anybody know of such a thing?

Well, you might try Music Studio by Activision.  Oh, there's also some
player-piano type freeware on Simtel20, pd1:<msdos.music> I think.  Of 
course, without MIDI things are going to sound really pitiful...


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|    Randy Spangler                    |    The less things change, the    |
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 00:18:02 CST
From: "Eleanor J. Evans @ 462-5330" <evans@com.ti.csc.lvipl>
Subject: knowledge acquisition in music research
To: music-research@com.sun.eng.bartok

The Laske/Handelman/etc. discussion is getting very interesting ...
Mr. Laske - As a fellow practising knowledge engineer, I'm curious
about some of your comments on the KA process.  Exactly how would 
you go about investigating the compositional process(es)?  Your
last posting was interesting, but did not give much detail on the
KA process itself.

You refer to modelling a composer's use of a composition tool by 
inserting a KA module that records his activity - have I represented 
your remarks correctly?  What kinds of activity would that module 
monitor?  What kinds of conclusions would you draw from that activity?  
How much expert involvement would you require (feedback loops, etc.)?

Additionally, by what reasoning would you conclude that a model of
activity using a computer-based composition tool was an accurate
reflection of the compositional process(es)?  Most of the composition
aids about which I have read or heard are characterized as limiting
the creative parts of the process; their chief benefits coming from
easing the drudgery of annotating/filling in/etc.  Am I behind the
times?  Are there tools now that are integrated with the composer's
creative process?

Mr. Handelman - from the perspective of a working composer, you 
remarked that compositional processes vary widely between individuals.
Do you see any similarities in approach?  Do common tools lead people
to similar patterns?  If you and a fellow composer tried to talk to
each other about how you work, would you be speaking the same language?
Do you see any resemblances between your compositional process and
that of a creator in any medium (composer, poet, artist, ...)?

Eleanor Evans
evans@lvipl.ti.com

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Date: 6 Feb 90 19:41:47 GMT
From: Brad Rubenstein <bradr%bartok@com.sun>
Subject: Problems distributing Music Research Digest
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg

It seems that the connection the posts the Music Research Digest from
my mailing list to comp.music has broken.  I'm working on it.

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