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and processed using a composition editor, called Stella, which supports algorithmic editing, a sophisticated object referencing scheme, and a query facility.
References
Daniel Bobrow, et al., Common Lisp Object System Specification. Sigplan Notices 23, NYC: ACM Press, 1988, special issue.
David Jaffe, Musical and Extra-Musical Applications of the NeXT MusicKit. Proceedings of the 1991 International Computer Music Conference, Montreal, Canada, Computer Music Assoc., 1991, pp. 521-524.
William Schottstaedt, Common Lisp Music, Unpublished Software Document, CCRMA Stanford University, 1992.
William Schottstaedt, CMN Computing in Musicology 8, 1992.
Guy Steele, Common Lisp: The Language. Digital Press, 1990.
Program Notes
Gloriette for John Cage is a four minute composition for mechanical organ written in honor of John Cage, who died in 1992. In keeping with the late composer's interest in chance music, this work was algorithmically composed by processes that cause the musical letters C-A-G-E to slowly emerge out of a harmonic background of G dorian. Rhythmic mensuration and the number of voices of the piece were similarly inspired by the late composer's name. The work was composed and manuscripted in Stella and Common Music using a Merge that controlled eight Generator objects in parallel. This piece is included in the enclosed Compact Disk. |