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SUMMARY
This thesis looks
at three approaches to using aspects of language in the computer based
composition of music. The first uses a process of mapping the phoneme string of
a poem to the basic note string of a series of compositions. The second uses the
intonation characteristics of a reading of a poem to generate a musical
rendition of that reading. The third uses theories of intonation and emotional
response to enhance a text.
As well as discussion of how language is mapped onto music there are also
explanations of the composition techniques, tools, and philosophies used in
creating the compositions.
Providing a holistic theory of musical and textual interactions is not the aim
here. Instead I examine how structures in text and speech can be used to create
music. These structures extend from the microscopic (segmental) relationships of
the note to note and phoneme to phoneme type to the macroscopic (semiotic)
relationships in large tracts of music and text.
Prior to discussing the composition processes and philosophies used here I
explore relevant areas of linguistic theory and music theory as well as
relationships between the two.
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