From Scratch: Writings in Music Theory
- Author: Tenney
- Editor: Polansky, Larry
- Editor: Pratt, Lauren
- Editor: Wannamaker, Robert
- Editor: Winter, Michael
The intellectual and creative path chronicled here is inspiring, particularly as Tenney's questions about the experience of music-making remain deeply relevant today
From Scratch: Writings in Music Theory
- Author: Tenney
- Editor: Polansky, Larry
- Editor: Pratt, Lauren
- Editor: Wannamaker, Robert
- Editor: Winter, Michael
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The intellectual and creative path chronicled here is inspiring, particularly as Tenney's questions about the experience of music-making remain deeply relevant today
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One of the twentieth century's most important musical thinkers, James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and computer-assisted composition. From Scratch arranges, edits, and revises Tenney's hard-to-find writings into one indispensable collection. Selections focus on his fundamental concerns-"what the ear hears"-and include thoughts and ideas on perception and form, tuning systems and especially just intonation, information theory, theories of harmonic space, and stochastic (chance) procedures of composition.
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- From Scratch: Writings in Music Theory
Awards and reviews
Computer Music Journal
The intellectual and creative path chronicled here is inspiring, particularly as Tenney's questions about the experience of music-making remain deeply relevant today
Tempo
This new book is without doubt a landmark publication for those involved in Tenney scholarship,. . . . This collection of writings provides a superbly revealing insight into Tenney's work, and the couching of prominent texts alongside much less well-known ones helps to enrich the understanding of him and his work
