Emily Howell - Track 1

Marco Pontello · 377.2K views · 2010-02-25 · 2:05

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Overview

A short clip of a track from Emily Howell, a computer program by David Cope that composes classical-style music, performed by human players. It is a sample of algorithmic composition.

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Used as an example of computer-generated music in threads on AI creativity and music.

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Music performance & songs Creative coding & generative art Music theory, synthesis & production

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alexbeloi · 2016-09 · Reference
Who knows what you mean by purely autonomously since even people can't help but learn from their experiences. Nevertheless, here's a novel composition made by an NLP algorithm trained on classical music: [VIDEO]
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kbaker · 2016-07 · Reference
Emily Howell is the name of the program. Some examples: Track 1: [VIDEO] Fugue: [LINK] Here's the first CD produced: [LINK]
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Nadya · 2015-05 · Reference
There's a few such projects in existence. Perhaps not RNN-Mozart inspired, but I'm sure that exists too. Emily Howell [VIDEO] Here's a Bach-inspired computer-generated song: [LINK]
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