Applications of Fractal Geometry to the Player Piano Music of Conlon Nancarrow

Year: 2000 Authors: Julie Scrivener

Core claim

Nancarrow’s mathematically oriented canons, especially acceleration canons, can be fruitfully analyzed as fractal structures.

Topics

fractal geometry, player piano music, acceleration canons, musical self-similarity, music theory

Domains

fractal geometry, self-similarity, scaling, space-filling curves, music, composition analysis, sound art, music visualization

Methods

comparative analysis, literature review, fractal analogy, score examination

Media

player piano scores, musical canons, Peano curve, Koch snowflake

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