The Oxford Handbook of Algorithmic Music

Alex McLean is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Deutsches Museum on the PENELOPE project, co-founder of the TOPLAP live coding and Algorave algorithmic dance music movements, and co-initator of the International Conference on Live Coding, International Conference on Live Interfaces, and the Festival of Algorithmic and Mechanical Movement.Roger T. Dean is Professor of Sonic Communication at the MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney, and is also a composer, improvisor, and researcher. He founded and directs the ensemble austraLYSIS and is the author of several books on computer and algorithmic music.

• Contents Section 1: Grounding algorithmic music1. Musical Algorithms as Tools, Languages and Partners: A PerspectiveAlex McLean, Roger T. Dean2. Algorithmic Music and the Philosophy of Time Julian Rohrhuber3. Action and Perception: Embodying Algorithms and the Extended MindPalle Dahlstedt4. Origins of Algorithmic Thinking in Music Nick Collins5. Algorithmic Thinking and Central Javanese GamelanCharles Matthews Perspectives on Practice A6. Thoughts on Composing with Algorithms Laurie Spiegel7. Mexico and India: Diversifying and Expanding the Live Coding CommunityAlexandra Cardenas8. Deautomatization of Breakfast PerceptionsRenate Wieser9. Why Do We Want Our Computers to Improvise?George Lewis Section 2: What can algorithms in music do?10. Compositions Created with Constraint ProgrammingTorsten Anders11. Linking Sonic Aesthetics With Mathematical TheoriesAndy Milne12. Machine Learning and Listening in Composition and PerformanceRebecca Fiebrink and Baptiste Caramiaux13. Biologically-Inspired and Agent-Based Algorithms for MusicAlice Eldridge and Oliver Bown14. Performing with Patterns of TimeThor Magnusson, University of Sussex, Alex McLean, FoAM Kernow15. Computational Creativity and Live AlgorithmsGeraint Wiggins and Jamie Forth16. Tensions and Techniques in Live Coding PerformanceCharlie Roberts and Graham Wakefield Perspectives on Practice B17. When Algorithms Meet MachinesSarah Angliss18. Notes on Pattern SynthesisMark Fell19. Performing algorithmsKristin Erickson Section 3: Purposes of algorithms for the music maker20. Network music and the algorithmic ensembleDavid Ogborn21. Sonification != musicCarla Scaletti22. Color is the Keyboard: Transcoding from Visual to SonicMargaret Schedel23. Designing Interfaces for Musical AlgorithmsJamie Bullock, Integra Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire24. Ecooperatic Music Game TheoryDavid Kanaga25. Algorithmic SpatialisationJan C Schacher Perspectives on Practice C26. Form, Chaos and the Nuance of BeautyMileece I'Anson27. Beyond MeKaffe Matthews28. Mathematical Theory in Music PracticeJan Beran29. Thoughts on Algorithmic PracticeWarren Burt Section 4: Algorithmic Culture30. The Audience Reception of Algorithmic MusicMary Simoni31. Technology, Creativity and The Social in Algorithmic MusicChristopher Haworth32. Algorithms and Computation in Music EducationAndrew Brown33. (Micro) Politics of Algorithmic Music: Towards a Tactical Media ArchaeologyGeoff Cox and Morten Riis34. Algorithmic Music for Mass Consumption and Universal ProductionYuli Levtov Perspectives on Practice D35. Algorithmic TrajectoriesAlex McLean and Roger Dean

it is undoubtedly an important didactic resource for students of algorithmic composition, including beginners, who want to get a wide and up-to-date overview of the various applications of algorithms in music scenarios.