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.

• Section 1: Grounding algorithmic music1. Musical Algorithms as Tools, Languages and Partners: A PerspectiveAlex McLean, Roger T. Dean 2. Algorithmic Music and the Philosophy of Time Julian Rohrhuber 3. Action and Perception: Embodying Algorithms and the Extended MindPalle Dahlstedt 4. Origins of Algorithmic Thinking in Music Nick Collins 5. Algorithmic Thinking and Central Javanese GamelanCharles Matthews Perspectives on Practice A6. Thoughts on Composing with Algorithms Laurie Spiegel 7. Mexico and India: Diversifying and Expanding the Live Coding CommunityAlexandra Cardenas 8. Deautomatization of Breakfast PerceptionsRenate Wieser 9. Why Do We Want Our Computers to Improvise?George Lewis Section 2: What can algorithms in music do?10. Compositions Created with Constraint ProgrammingTorsten Anders 11. Linking Sonic Aesthetics With Mathematical TheoriesAndy Milne 12. Machine Learning and Listening in Composition and PerformanceRebecca Fiebrink and Baptiste Caramiaux 13. Biologically-Inspired and Agent-Based Algorithms for MusicAlice Eldridge and Oliver Bown 14. Performing with Patterns of TimeThor Magnusson, University of Sussex, Alex McLean, FoAM Kernow 15. Computational Creativity and Live AlgorithmsGeraint Wiggins and Jamie Forth 16. Tensions and Techniques in Live Coding PerformanceCharlie Roberts and Graham Wakefield Perspectives on Practice B17. When Algorithms Meet MachinesSarah Angliss 18. Notes on Pattern SynthesisMark Fell 19. Performing algorithmsKristin Erickson Section 3: Purposes of algorithms for the music maker20. Network music and the algorithmic ensembleDavid Ogborn 21. Sonification != musicCarla Scaletti 22. Color is the Keyboard: Transcoding from Visual to SonicMargaret Schedel 23. Designing Interfaces for Musical AlgorithmsJamie Bullock, Integra Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire 24. Ecooperatic Music Game TheoryDavid Kanaga 25. Algorithmic SpatialisationJan C Schacher Perspectives on Practice C26. Form, Chaos and the Nuance of BeautyMileece I'Anson 27. Beyond MeKaffe Matthews 28. Mathematical Theory in Music PracticeJan Beran 29. Thoughts on Algorithmic PracticeWarren Burt Section 4: Algorithmic Culture30. The Audience Reception of Algorithmic MusicMary Simoni 31. Technology, Creativity and The Social in Algorithmic MusicChristopher Haworth 32. Algorithms and Computation in Music EducationAndrew Brown 33. (Micro) Politics of Algorithmic Music: Towards a Tactical Media ArchaeologyGeoff Cox and Morten Riis 34. 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.