On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers

Valerio Velardo; Mauro Vallati

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_22

On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers

Valerio Velardo, Mauro Vallati

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Abstract

In the field of computational creativity, the area of automatic music generation deals with techniques that are able to automatically compose human-enjoyable music. Although investigations in the area started recently, numerous techniques based on artificial intelligence have been proposed. Some of them produce pleasant results, but none is able to effectively evolve the style of the musical pieces generated.

In this paper, we fill this gap by proposing an evolutionary memetic system that composes melodies, exploiting a society of virtual composers. An extensive validation, performed by using both quantitative and qualitative analyses, confirms that the system is able to evolve its compositional style over time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015
Editors	Colin Johnson, Adrian Carballal, João Correia
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	249-260
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319164984
ISBN (Print)	9783319164977
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_22
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2015
Event	4th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 8 Apr 2015 → 10 Apr 2015 Conference number: 4 http://www.evostar.org/2015/cfp_evomusart.php (Link to Conference Website)

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Name	Lecture notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9027
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	4th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design
Abbreviated title	EvoMUSART
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	8/04/15 → 10/04/15
Internet address	http://www.evostar.org/2015/cfp_evomusart.php (Link to Conference Website)

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Velardo, V., & Vallati, M. (2015). On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers. In C. Johnson, A. Carballal, & J. Correia (Eds.), Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015 (pp. 249-260). (Lecture notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9027). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_22

Velardo, Valerio ; Vallati, Mauro. / On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers. Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015. editor / Colin Johnson ; Adrian Carballal ; João Correia. Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG, 2015. pp. 249-260 (Lecture notes in Computer Science).

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Velardo, V & Vallati, M 2015, On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers. in C Johnson, A Carballal & J Correia (eds), Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015. Lecture notes in Computer Science, vol. 9027, Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland, pp. 249-260, 4th International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_22

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Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015. ed. / Colin Johnson; Adrian Carballal; João Correia. Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG, 2015. p. 249-260 (Lecture notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9027).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Velardo V, Vallati M. On the Stylistic Evolution of a Society of Virtual Melody Composers. In Johnson C, Carballal A, Correia J, editors, Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2015. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. 2015. p. 249-260. (Lecture notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16498-4_22

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