About TreeTorika: Rhetoric, CAAC and Mao

• Main Author: Lindborg, PerMagnus
• Other Authors: Bresson, J.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Editions Delatour France 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Arts and humanities; DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music; DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81857; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40408; http://recherche.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/OMBook/
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This chapter examines computer assisted analysis and composition (CAAC) techniques in relation to the composition of my piece TreeTorika for chamber orchestra. I describe methods for analysing the musical features of a recording of a speech by Mao Zedong, in order to extract compositional material s...