\\Computing Counterpoint

Francesco Elgorni

Exposition

\\Computing Counterpoint (2025)

Francesco Elgorni

open exposition

About this exposition

How can counterpoint be computed? Instead of looking at counterpoint solely from a historical perspective and reducing it to "music trend of the past", the research contemplates counterpoint as generative technique while exploring its immense yet mechanical creative power through a small selection of case-studies. Finally, a few thoughts are spent on the meaning of rules in music and the role of the computer in historically informed practice is briefly investigated.

type	research exposition
keywords	counterpoint, computation, computer music, david cope, EMI, Athanasius Kircher, BWV 1087, Bach, Francesco Geminiani, Algorithmic Composition, algorithms, mathematics, canon, bruteforce
date	01/10/2024
published	20/05/2025
last modified	20/05/2025
status	published
copyright	Francesco Elgorni
license	All rights reserved
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3044498/3316681
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3044498
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	1. Master Research Projects
external link	https://francescoelgorni.com/

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