K509 — Computer Music Seminar: Examples of Algorithmic Composition

Examples of Algorithmic Composition

Hiller and Issacson, Illiac Suite for string quartet (1956) [IU only]. The earliest example of algorithmic composition on a digital computer.
David Cope, Invention (After Bach). Output of his Experiments in Musical Intelligence (EMI) style-modeling program.
Gary Lee Nelson, Fractal Mountains (1988-89). Program note.
Karlheinz Essl, Lexikon-Sonate (1994 ff.). Interactive real-time composition for computer-controlled piano. (More here.)
Andrew Sorensen, numerous examples of live-coding with his impromptu program.