https://sah.hcommons.org/members/wfbrooks/activity/ Activity feed for William Brooks. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:18:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 2aa7a9b4295a2a172ed4a78b739e48c9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1886948/ Thu, 23 May 2024 13:17:39 -0400 0 8f0a81338ff2458cfb232e1aee24f792 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1669524/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:31:42 -0500 John Cage is universally associated with the phrase experimental music. But what did that phrase mean, for Cage and for Cage’s predecessors? I begin with Cage and Lejaren Hiller, both writing important texts on ‘experimental music’ in 1959. From there, I trace the phrase backwards, eventually reaching Emile Zola, Gertrude Stein, and William James…[Read more]

]]> 0 cfd1b9bc05c9bcd56b6e91a0fdf0283a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1669523/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:28:40 -0500 This article begins by considering the interaction of notation and analysis by means of a comparison of scores from the 1950s. This discussion leads to the domains of error, value, and ethics. An ‘experimental’ mode of analysis is proposed, which takes taxonomy and statistics as a basis; from this one acquires an understanding that is obs…[Read more]

]]> 0 c1313bf8523ea98822d0c6014be2ad08 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1669522/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:24:56 -0500 This chapter appeared in a volume that summarized the results of the three-year “Patterns of Intuition” project that Gerhard Nierhaus and others directed: the project investigated the creative act of composing by means of algorithmic composition. Central to the investigation were the compositional strategies of twelve composers, which were…[Read more]

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