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Solar Genesis II is a piece that I will be developing during the Music 220C class. This piece follows my compositions for the Music 220A class, [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~francois/220a/fp.html Heliocentric Harmony], and for the Music 220B class, Solar Genesis I.
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Solar Genesis II is a piece that I will be developing during the Music 220C class. This piece follows my compositions for the Music 220A class, [https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~francois/220a/fp.html ''Heliocentric Harmony''], and for the Music 220B class, ''Solar Genesis I''.
  
 
== Project history and inspiration ==
 
== Project history and inspiration ==
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=== ''Heliocentric harmony'' ===
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This first part of this project, leading to the production of ''Heliocentric Harmony'' was the sonification of some concepts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis ''Harmony of the Spheres''] discussed in the texts by Pythagoras and Kepler. The system consisted in a solar system where each planet was playing a particular note when an eclipse was happening.
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=== ''Solar Genesis I'' ===
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''Solar Genesis I'' was the first attempt to extend ''Heliocentric Harmony'' into a full piece, based on a fictional storyline of the life of the solar system. The piece consists in three main parts picturing the birth, life and death of the sun. The main component is an improvised piano piece on a Disklavier. The MIDI messages were used to control the progression of a computer-generated accompaniement and a visual part.
  
 
== Project objectives ==
 
== Project objectives ==

Revision as of 19:08, 16 April 2012

Solar Genesis II is a piece that I will be developing during the Music 220C class. This piece follows my compositions for the Music 220A class, Heliocentric Harmony, and for the Music 220B class, Solar Genesis I.

Project history and inspiration

Heliocentric harmony

This first part of this project, leading to the production of Heliocentric Harmony was the sonification of some concepts of the Harmony of the Spheres discussed in the texts by Pythagoras and Kepler. The system consisted in a solar system where each planet was playing a particular note when an eclipse was happening.

Solar Genesis I

Solar Genesis I was the first attempt to extend Heliocentric Harmony into a full piece, based on a fictional storyline of the life of the solar system. The piece consists in three main parts picturing the birth, life and death of the sun. The main component is an improvised piano piece on a Disklavier. The MIDI messages were used to control the progression of a computer-generated accompaniement and a visual part.

Project objectives

Acoustic Piece

Computer Music Orchestra

Visualization

Blog

April 10

  • Demonstration of the WFS system in the Listening room and the Fantasia video in class.