Re: [MUSIC-IR] musical complexity (Martin Eckart )


Subject: Re: [MUSIC-IR] musical complexity
From:    Martin Eckart  <imartron@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:48:48 -0400
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Don Knuth's "The Complexity of Songs" probably isn't exactly what you're looking for but a good read nonetheless: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.117.91&rep=rep1&type=pdf Cheers, -martin On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 15:29 +0100, Tom Cochrane wrote: > (apologies for cross postings) > > Dear listmembers > > Does anyone know of any important articles or books which discuss the > issue of musical complexity? I am particularly interested to find papers > that debate how musical complexity should be understood at a high > theoretical level. For instance, should musical complexity be understood > in purely information theoretic terms or in terms of our psychological > capacity to predict and remember (e.g. analogous to the way that > amplitude differs from perceived loudness)? > > cheers > > Tom > > plain text document attachment (message-footer.txt) > ------------- > List reminder: > ------------- > 0. ISMIR 2011 will take place in the week of October 24, 2011 in Miami (Florida). The web site of the conference will be at http://ismir2011.ismir.net/ > 1. Please do not send HTML documents to the list > 2. Please do not send attachments (pictures, Word, etc.) to the list > 3. Please do not send commercial ads to the list > 4. Reuse of email addresses found on the list for unsolicited mail is forbidden > 5. To unsubscribe, mail to "listserv@xxxxxxxx" the following text: unsub music-ir or login to http://lists.ircam.fr/ > 6. For assistance, mail to "music-ir-request@xxxxxxxx". > 7. The archives of the list are at http://lists.ircam.fr/ > 8. The collective web sites of the ISMIR conferences and all past proceedings are at http://www.ismir.net/ > > > > > > > > > >


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