Exquisite Score: A System for Collaborative Musical Composition

Daniel Manesh, and Eran Egozy

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2017
• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Pages: 93–98
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176183 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

Exquisite Score is a web application which allows users to collaborate on short musical compositions using the paradigm of the parlor game exquisite corpse. Through a MIDI-sequencer interface, composers each contribute a section to a piece of music, only seeing the very end of the preceding section. Exquisite Score is both a fun and accessible compositional game as well as a system for encouraging highly novel musical compositions. Exquisite Score was tested by several students and musicians. Several short pieces were created and a brief discussion and analysis of these pieces is included.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{dmanesh2017,
 abstract = {Exquisite Score is a web application which allows users to collaborate on short musical compositions using the paradigm of the parlor game exquisite corpse. Through a MIDI-sequencer interface, composers each contribute a section to a piece of music, only seeing the very end of the preceding section.  Exquisite Score is both a fun and accessible compositional game as well as a system for encouraging highly novel musical compositions. Exquisite Score was tested by several students and musicians. Several short pieces were created and a brief discussion and analysis of these pieces is included.},
 address = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
 author = {Daniel Manesh and Eran Egozy},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176183},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {93--98},
 publisher = {Aalborg University Copenhagen},
 title = {Exquisite Score: A System for Collaborative Musical Composition},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2017/nime2017_paper0019.pdf},
 year = {2017}
}