Brian A Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 7526111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian A Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian A |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8035-9053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Leonard Meyer’s Theory of Musical Style, from Pragmatism to Information Theory
Despite its ubiquity in both academic and popular discourses on music, the concept of musical style last received in-depth scholarly treatment three decades ago, in music theorist Leonard Meyer’s final book, Style and Music of 1989. Meyer’s text remains widely cited today, but its date obscures the even earlier origins of its central concerns in Meyer’s work of the 1950s and ’60s. Indeed, Meyer developed his most enduring ideas amidst an array of…
All of the Rules of Jazz”
Though improvising computer systems are hardly new, jazz has recently become the focus of a number of novel computer music projects aimed at convincingly improvising alongside humans, with a particular focus on the use of machine learning to imitate human styles. The attempt to implement a sort of Turing test for jazz, and interest from organizations like DARPA in the results, raises important questions about the nature of improvisation and music…
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All of the Rules of Jazz”
Though improvising computer systems are hardly new, jazz has recently become the focus of a number of novel computer music projects aimed at convincingly improvising alongside humans, with a particular focus on the use of machine learning to imitate human styles. The attempt to implement a sort of Turing test for jazz, and interest from organizations like DARPA in the results, raises important questions about the nature of improvisation and music…
Leonard Meyer’s Theory of Musical Style, from Pragmatism to Information Theory
Despite its ubiquity in both academic and popular discourses on music, the concept of musical style last received in-depth scholarly treatment three decades ago, in music theorist Leonard Meyer’s final book, Style and Music of 1989. Meyer’s text remains widely cited today, but its date obscures the even earlier origins of its central concerns in Meyer’s work of the 1950s and ’60s. Indeed, Meyer developed his most enduring ideas amidst an array of…
Art (2 works) · Music Technology and Sound Studies (2 works) · Musical (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Conversation (1 work) · Cybernetics and Technology in Society (1 work)