Algorithmic music in Haskell (invited talk)
Abstract
Functional programming is becoming increasingly popular in artistic areas such as algorithmic music composition. Euterpea and Kulitta are two libraries for working with music in Haskell. Euterpea is a library for representing and manipulating basic musical structures, and is useful both in a pedagogical setting to teach functional programming through the arts and as a tool to create complex pieces of algorithmic music. Kulitta is a framework for automated composition that addresses music at a more abstract level than Euterpea, capturing aspects of musical style through geometric models and probabilistic grammars. Both of these libraries leverage Haskell’s pure functional nature and strong type system to achieve versatile, yet concise designs that allow the creation of diverse and interesting music. Features from these libraries have also been integral in the design of newer systems for natural language processing and artificial intelligence in the musical domain. This talk will explore challenges presented by creating these kinds of domain-specific embedded languages for working with music, and how taking functional approaches to them yields elegant solutions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 07, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1145/3156695.3127334
Entities
People
- Donya Quick
Organizations
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- National Science Foundation
- Stevens Institute of Technology