The language of the assistant and the language of the creator : selected aspects of computer assisted composition

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the creative process involved in making a "computer assisted composition". It follows the relationship to the technologies used, from the point of view of the communication between composer and electronic machine. It offers a perspective on the relation between the act of "programming" and the act of "composing". From this point of view, it compares the current state of the creative process with the situation at the time of the first computer-assisted realizations.

Keywords

• Computer-Aided Composition
• Computer Assisted Composition
• computer music
• language
• programming