The Haskell School of Music: From Signals to Symphonies by Paul Hudak (English)

The Nile on eBay   The Haskell School of Music by Paul Hudak, Donya Quick

This book teaches functional programming through creative applications in music and sound synthesis. Readers will learn the Haskell programming language and explore numerous ways to create music and design virtual instruments with concise, elegant code.

FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

This book explores the fundamentals of computer music and functional programming through the Haskell programming language. Functional programming is typically considered difficult to learn. This introduction in the context of creating music will allow students and professionals with a musical inclination to leverage their experience to help understand concepts that might be intimidating in more traditional computer science settings. Conversely, the book opens the door for programmers to interact with music by using a medium that is familiar to them. Readers will learn how to use the Euterpea library for Haskell to represent and create their own music with code, without the need for other music software. The book explores common paradigms used in algorithmic music composition, such as stochastic generation, musical grammars, self-similarity, and real-time interactive systems. Other topics covered include the basics of signal-based systems in Haskell, sound synthesis, and virtual instrument design.

Author Biography

Paul Hudak was Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, Connecticut, from 1982 to 2015. He was best known for his contributions to the development of the Haskell programming language. A skilled saxophonist and jazz musician, the combination of his enthusiasm for music and computer science led him to create the Euterpea library for representing music in Haskell. Donya Quick is Research Assistant Professor of Music and Computation at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. Her research explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and computational linguistics with music, and includes working on an automated composition system called Kulitta. In addition, she is also involved in the MUSICA project for interactive improvisation and composition by conversion, which is part of the DAPRA Communicating with Computers program.

Table of Contents

1. Computer music, Euterpea, and Haskell; 2. Simple music; 3. Polymorphic and higher-order functions; 4. A musical interlude; 5. Syntactic magic; 6. More music; 7. Qualified types and type classes; 8. From music to MIDI; 9. Interpretation and performance; 10. Self-similar music; 11. Proof of induction; 12. An algebra of music; 13. L-Systems and generative grammars; 14. Random numbers … and Markov chains; 15. Basic input/output; 16. Higher-order types and monads; 17. Musical user interfaces; 18. Sound and signals; 19. Euterpea's signal functions; 20. Spectrum analysis; 21. Additive and subtractive synthesis; 22. Amplitude and frequency modulation; 23. Physical modeling.

Review

'The selection of material is coherent and satisfying, and the book would be suitable for anyone with an interest in computer music, regardless of programming background.' Henrik Nilsson, University of Nottingham'Paul Hudak was both a world-leading functional programmer, and skilled jazz musician. This book brings together his two passions, by using Haskell as a domain-specific language for describing music. The result is a fascinating study in how computer science can illuminate art, and art can illuminate computer science.' Simon Peyton Jones, Microsoft Research'This book is a joy. It should be in the library of every Haskell programmer and every musicologist interested in the underlying mathematics of music. Conceived and written by Paul Hudak, it was brought to fruition by Donya Quick. A fitting tribute to Paul and his lifetime's interests in both Haskell and music.' Richard Bird, University of Oxford'Programming is the most direct and unrestricted way to tell computers how to behave and what to produce. With this book, the reader will not only learn, step by step, a modern programing language in Haskell, but will also understand how such a language can be tuned towards application in music. This legacy of Paul Hudak is one of the most vibrant and decisive calls for popularizing programming techniques as a new and powerful medium for the arts.' David Janin, University of Bordeaux

Promotional

Learn functional programming and the Haskell programming language through algorithmic music composition and virtual instrument design.

Review Quote

Advance praise: 'The selection of material is coherent and satisfying, and the book would be suitable for anyone with an interest in computer music, regardless of programming background.' Henrik Nilsson, University of Nottingham

Promotional "Headline"

Learn functional programming and the Haskell programming language through algorithmic music composition and virtual instrument design.

Description for Bookstore

This book teaches functional programming through creative applications in music and sound synthesis. Readers will learn the Haskell programming language and explore numerous ways to create music and design virtual instruments with concise, elegant code.

Description for Library

This book teaches functional programming through creative applications in music and sound synthesis. Readers will learn the Haskell programming language and explore numerous ways to create music and design virtual instruments with concise, elegant code.

Details ISBN1108416756 ISBN-10 1108416756 ISBN-13 9781108416757 Format Hardcover Author Donya Quick Publisher Cambridge University Press Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle From Signals to Symphonies Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey DEWEY 781.345133 Year 2018 Media Book Pages 398 Publication Date 2018-10-04 Short Title The Haskell School of Music Language English UK Release Date 2018-10-04 AU Release Date 2018-10-04 NZ Release Date 2018-10-04 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Alternative 9781108241861 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love!

TheNile_Item_ID:119214564;