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=Human vs Computer Creativity: Music=
 
=Human vs Computer Creativity: Music=
<br>The seven videos linked here come from the multipart symposium on Human vs Computer Creativity, moderated by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter Douglas R. Hofstadter] in the autumn of 1997. The series was sponsored by the [https://ccarh.org Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities]. Video-taping was provided by Stanford Television for closed-circuit transmission. Links given here were transferred from VHS and are made available by [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/21701 ScholarWorks] at Indiana University.  Most segments are roughly 90 minutes long.   
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<br>The seven videos linked here come from the multipart symposium on Human vs Computer Creativity, moderated by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter Douglas R. Hofstadter] in the autumn of 1997. The series was sponsored by the [https://ccarh.org Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities], primarily under the guidance of Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Video-taping was provided by Stanford Television for closed-circuit transmission. Links given here are made available by [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/21701 ScholarWorks] at Indiana University.  Each segment is roughly 90 minutes long.   
  
 
==Musical creativity==
 
==Musical creativity==
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/xw42nc46k Part One]
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The musical segment of the series consisted of two days of lectures and other events, culminating in a concert for piano and violin featuring ten works chosen from both analog and virtual realms. They were performed live by Mary Jane Cope, piano, and Karen Bentley, violin. Audience members were provided with a sheet on which to record their judgments as to whether each individual work was composed by a human composer or constructued algorithmicly by David Cope's Emmy (Experiment in Musical Intelligence) software. This musical program is here. The authorship of each piece was revealed at the conclusion of the performance.
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/n009w571c Part Two]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/xw42nc46k Part One]
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/r207ts84s Part Three]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/n009w571c Part Two]
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/7p88cm27k Part Four]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/r207ts84s Part Three]
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/wd376104b Part Five]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/7p88cm27k Part Four]
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/zp38wh035 Part Six]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/wd376104b Part Five]
  
Musical Composition, [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/44558h933 Part Seven]
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/zp38wh035 Part Six]
  
<br>For other segments of this series include:
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<b>Musical Composition</b> [https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/44558h933 Part Seven]
<br>* Chess and Go (two segments)  
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<br>* Language and Literature (two segments)
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<br>Other segments of this series include:
<br>* Jokes and Humor (one segment)
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<br>* <b>Chess and Go</b> (two segments)  
<br>* Comprehensive wrap-up (The Big Picture, three segments)  
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<br>* <b>Language and Literature</b> (two segments)
<br>* Individual items are listed [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/21701 here].
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<br>* <b>Jokes and Humor</b> (one segment)
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<br>* <b>The Big Picture</b> (comprehensive wrap-up, three segments)  
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<br>A detailed list of individual items is [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/21701 here].
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==International Musicological Society: Computational Musicology==
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In 1987 the president of the International Musicological Society asked Walter B. Hewlett and Eleanor Selfridge-Field, who had offered a session on emerging computer tools for musical study at their five-year congress in Bologna, to form a study group to explore broader use and international cooperation.  This was no small order, because these were the early years of personal computer use and most projects reporting at the time were running on mainframe computers.
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Among the challenges were mechanisms for interacting cross continents, each of which had its own pattern of seasons, holidays, and academic sessions. Although the challenges were never fully met, we did succeed in forming a loosely knit group with participants from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and Australia. A high priority was the collection of documentation on existing systems of music representation. This led in time to the publication (1997) of [https://direct.mit.edu/search-results?page=1&q=Beyond%20MIDI <i>Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes</i>] was published by The MIT Press.
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Selfridge-Field, with various collaborators, organized substantial sessions for the IMS congresses of 1992 (Barcelona), 1997 (London), 2002 (Leuven), 2007 (Zurich), and 2012 (Rome). Although the name of the study group changed from time to time, the core participants flowly easily from one venue and year to another.  These gatherings are itemized separately below.  At the end of the Rome congress, [https://www.uu.nl/staff/FWiering Frans Wiering] took over the coordination of the group.  For current information see [https://www.musicology.org/networks/sg/digital-musicology this link].

Latest revision as of 03:59, 26 March 2024

Human vs Computer Creativity: Music


The seven videos linked here come from the multipart symposium on Human vs Computer Creativity, moderated by Douglas R. Hofstadter in the autumn of 1997. The series was sponsored by the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, primarily under the guidance of Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Video-taping was provided by Stanford Television for closed-circuit transmission. Links given here are made available by ScholarWorks at Indiana University. Each segment is roughly 90 minutes long.

Musical creativity

The musical segment of the series consisted of two days of lectures and other events, culminating in a concert for piano and violin featuring ten works chosen from both analog and virtual realms. They were performed live by Mary Jane Cope, piano, and Karen Bentley, violin. Audience members were provided with a sheet on which to record their judgments as to whether each individual work was composed by a human composer or constructued algorithmicly by David Cope's Emmy (Experiment in Musical Intelligence) software. This musical program is here. The authorship of each piece was revealed at the conclusion of the performance.

Musical Composition Part One

Musical Composition Part Two

Musical Composition Part Three

Musical Composition Part Four

Musical Composition Part Five

Musical Composition Part Six

Musical Composition Part Seven


Other segments of this series include:
* Chess and Go (two segments)
* Language and Literature (two segments)
* Jokes and Humor (one segment)
* The Big Picture (comprehensive wrap-up, three segments)
A detailed list of individual items is here.

International Musicological Society: Computational Musicology

In 1987 the president of the International Musicological Society asked Walter B. Hewlett and Eleanor Selfridge-Field, who had offered a session on emerging computer tools for musical study at their five-year congress in Bologna, to form a study group to explore broader use and international cooperation. This was no small order, because these were the early years of personal computer use and most projects reporting at the time were running on mainframe computers.

Among the challenges were mechanisms for interacting cross continents, each of which had its own pattern of seasons, holidays, and academic sessions. Although the challenges were never fully met, we did succeed in forming a loosely knit group with participants from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, and Australia. A high priority was the collection of documentation on existing systems of music representation. This led in time to the publication (1997) of Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes was published by The MIT Press.

Selfridge-Field, with various collaborators, organized substantial sessions for the IMS congresses of 1992 (Barcelona), 1997 (London), 2002 (Leuven), 2007 (Zurich), and 2012 (Rome). Although the name of the study group changed from time to time, the core participants flowly easily from one venue and year to another. These gatherings are itemized separately below. At the end of the Rome congress, Frans Wiering took over the coordination of the group. For current information see this link.