In this brief paper, the author discusses the influence of particular scientific paradigms - quantum mechanics, phenomenology, cybernetics, computationalism and self-organised systems - on musical epochs of the 20th century. He suggests that the dominant musical formalisms that have emerged can be exemplified through the composers Varèse, Schaeffer, Stockhausen, Xenakis and Cage.
PostFormalism
Fields, Kenneth
1999
International Computer Music Conference : 531-534.
Language: English