Contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Common LISP
  • 1.2 Common Music
  • 1.3 Algorithmic Composition
  • 1.4 Additional References
• Chapter 2: The History and Philosophy of Algorithmic Composition
  • 2.1 The Process of Algorithmic Composition
  • 2.2 A Brief History of Algorithmic Processes Applied to Music Composition
  • 2.3 Aesthetics of Algorithmic Composition
  • 2.4 Suggested Listening
• Chapter 3: Introduction to Common LISP
  • 3.1 Data and Functions
  • 3.2 LISP Primitives
  • 3.3 LISP Predicates
  • 3.4 User-Defined Functions
  • 3.5 Getting help in LISP
  • 3.6 Error Messages
• Chapter 4: Object Oriented Programming and Common Music
  • 4.1 Object Hierarchy
  • 4.2 Common Music Object System
  • 4.3 Stella: Common Music's Command Interpreter
  • 4.4 Common Music's Global Variables
  • 4.5 Getting Help in Common Music
• Chapter 5: Introduction to Algorithmic Composition
  • 5.1 Getting Started
  • 5.2 Item Streams
  • 5.3 A Complete Example
  • 5.4 Suggesting Listening
• Chapter 6: The Stella Command Interpreter
  • 6.1 Referencing Slot Data
  • 6.2 Assigning Slot Data using set
  • 6.3 Using Other Functions to Reassign Slot Values
  • 6.3 Scale Predicates
  • 6.4 Mapping
• Chapter 7: Printing and Reading
  • 7.1 Print
  • 7.2 Format
  • 7.3 Using print and format in Common Music
  • 7.4 Reading Data from the Computer Keyboard
• Chapter 8: Variable Assignment and Scoping
  • 8.1 SETF
  • 8.2 LET and LET*
  • 8.3 Common Music's Local Variables
  • 8.4 The Common Music vars Declaration
  • 8.5 Assigning Local Variables Interactively using the Computer Keyboard
  • 8.6 Understanding Variable Scope in Common LISP
  • 8.7 Understanding Variable Scope in Common Music
  • 8.8 Creating and Reading Item Streams
• Chapter 9: Conditionals
  • 9.1 IF
  • 9.2 COND
  • 9.3 CASE
  • 9.4 Common Music's Conditionals
  • 9.5 Using Conditionals in Algorithmic Composition
  • 9.6 Suggesting Listening
• Chapter 10: Sets and Tables
  • 10.1 Introduction to Set Theory
  • 10.2 Set Operations
  • 10.3 Tables
  • 10.4 Suggested Listening
• Chapter 11: Arrays
  • 11.1 Introduction to Arrays
  • 11.2 Constructing Arrays
  • 11.3 Referencing Values in an Array
  • 11.4 Using Arrays in Common Music
  • 11.5 Suggested Listening
• Chapter 12: Applicative Programming
  • 12.1 Introduction to Applicative Programming
  • 12.2 Mapping a Function onto a List
  • 12.3 Lambda Expressions
  • 12.4 List Filtering
  • 12.5 Using Applicative Forms in Common Music
• Chapter 13: Recursion
  • 13.1 Introduction to Recursion
  • 13.2 Single-Test Tail Recursion
  • 13.3 List-Consing Recursion
  • 13.4 Conditional Augmenting Tail Recursion
  • 13.5 Double Test Tail Recursion
  • 13.6 Multiple Recursion
  • 13.7 The LISP Debugger
  • 13.8 Using Recursive Forms in Common Music
  • 13.9 Suggested Listening
• Chapter 14: Iteration
  • 14.1 Introduction to Iteration
  • 14.2 DOTIMES
  • 14.3 DOLIST
  • 14.4 RETURN
  • 14.5 DO
  • 14.6 DO*
  • 14.7 LOOP with WHEN and UNLESS
  • 14.8 Reading and Writing Records using Iteration
  • 14.9 Using Iterative Forms in Common Music
• Chapter 15: Algorithmic Composition Using Probabilistic Methods
  • 15.1 Introduction to Probability
  • 15.2 Random Item Stream
  • 15.3 Graph Item Stream
  • 15.4 Markov Item Stream
  • 15.5 1/f ² Noise or Brownian Motion
  • 15.6 1/f Noise
  • 15.7 Suggested Listening
• Chapter 16: Composing Using Dynamic Musical Structure
  • 16.1 Dynamically Creating Musical Structure
  • 16.2 Encapsulation
  • 16.3 Compositional Environments
  • 16.4 Suggesting Listening
• Appendix A: Using Common Music with MIDI and the Open Music System
• Appendix B: Using Common Music with Csound
• Appendix C: Common LISP Symbols, Primitives, and Commands
• Appendix D: Common Music Objects, Variables, Functions, and Commands
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• Audio Files

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