Research Catalog

Title

Making music with computers : creative programming in Python / Bill Manaris, Andrew R. Brown.

Author

Manaris, Bill.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2014]

Supplementary Content

Cover image

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Brown, Andrew R.

Description

xxix, 472 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Preface The book in your hands is the result of more than a decade of independent and collaborative effort by the two authors and their computer- music associates. Combining computers and music has a long and fruitful heritage. Moreover, the ideas which underpin the connection between calculating and composing date back centuries. In the 21st century, computers and music are more closely aligned than ever before. In particular, computers have become indispensable in music making, distribution, performance, and consumption. This book introduces important concepts and skills necessary to make music with computers. It interweaves computing pedagogy with musical concepts and creative activities. It does this while maintaining a natural, steady increase in computational skills that are always motivated by creative musical contexts. This book is mainly intended for introductory computer science courses and for courses in the intersection of computing and the arts. However, it is naturally suited for self-study. It assumes little musical and programming experience; it introduces topics and concepts as they arise through motivating, and hopefully inspiring examples. This book addresses two trends in computing education: (1) the growing use of the Python language for teaching introductory programming, and (2) the increasing infusion of computational thinking into liberal arts courses, especially interdisciplinary offerings in computing and the arts. It does so by presenting computer music topics in an accessible manner for our two main target audiences:"--

Series Statement

Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing

Uniform Title

Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.

Subject

• Computer composition (Music)
• Python (Computer program language)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-407) and index.

Call Number

JME 14-670

ISBN

• 9781439867914 (paperback)
• 1439867917 (paperback)

LCCN

2013045978

OCLC

741542198

Author

Manaris, Bill.

Title

Making music with computers : creative programming in Python / Bill Manaris, Andrew R. Brown.

Publisher

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing

Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-407) and index.

Connect to:

Cover image

Added Author

Brown, Andrew R.

Research Call Number

JME 14-670