The Future of Music: Towards a Computational Musical Theory of Everything

Part I Introduction.- 1 General Introduction.- 2 Ontology and Oniontology.- 3 The Basic Functions of Music.- 4 Historicity in Music.- 5 Only One Restriction: Quality.- Part II Technological Tools.- 6 Software Tools and Hardware Options.- 7 New Concepts of Musical Instruments.- 8 Musical Distribution Channels: New Networks.- 9 Big Science in Music.- Part III Mathematical Concepts.- 10 Mathematical Music Theory.- 11 Serialism: Failure of New Concepts without Musical Impact.- 12 Mazzola's Sonata Construction: A Technical Approach and its Limits.- 13 Imaginary Time.- 14 Mathematical Gesture Theory.- 15 Future Theories (Counterpoint etc.).- Part IV Cultural Extensions.- 16 A Critique of the Western Concept of Music.- 17 Improvisation and the Synthesis Project on the Presto Software.- 18 Art Making as Research.- 19 Human and Machine Music.- 20 Music in the Diversifying Cultures.- 21 Cultural Theories of Gesture.- Part V Creative Strategies.- 22 Recapitulation of Creativity Theory.- 23 The Specifically Musical Walls Against Creativity.- 24 Examples of Creative Extensions in Music.- 25 Performance and Composition.- 26 Are Aesthetics and Business Antagonists?.- Part VI COMMUTE.- 27 ComMute-Towards a Computational Musical Theory of Everything.