This is the second volume of the second edition of the now classic book “The Topos of Music”. The author explains his theory of musical performance, developed in the language of differential geometry, introducing performance vector fields that generalize tempo and intonation. The author also shows how Rubato, a software platform for composition, analysis, and performance, allows an experimental evaluation of principles of expressive performance theories.
Focuses on the theory of expressive performance and its software implementation using Rubato
Explains author's theory of musical performance
Second volume of "The Topos of Music"
Guerino Mazzola
mathematical music theory topos theory music software concept architectures classification of musical objects and processes performance theory Rubato Presto OpenMusic