Music LLMs
Excerpt Library (Music I) The provided sources encompass a wide-ranging collection of texts addressing music theory, film studies, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and cultural history . Music Theory and Compositional Practice These sources provide both historical and technical perspectives on the creation of music. Terence Dwyer offers a practical guide to musique concrète , focusing on using tape recorders as instruments to manipulate sounds through speed changes, reversals, and editing. Paul Hindemith details a rigorous system for two-voice composition , emphasizing the importance of tonal higher-units and degree-progressions. Igor Stravinsky reflects on the dogmatic element of order in music, arguing that composition is a work of selection and that music is "powerless to express anything at all" beyond its own form. Edgard Varèse advocates for the "liberation of sound," defining music as the "corporealization of the intelligence that ...
