W. A. Mozart, Musikalisches Würfelspiel (1787)

Walzer oder Schleifer mit zwei Würfen zu componiren, so viele man will, ohne etwas von der Musik oder Composition zu verstehen.
Programming the Musical Dice Game attributed to Mozart in MaxMSP

Design and programming
Antonio de SOUSA DIAS
a.sousadias@belasartes.ulisboa.pt

Description:

Experiments started in 1986 with GFA Basic for the Atari ST computer.
Here you'll find two approaches:

• Version 1: Programmed in 2000. The MaxMSP patch uploads MIDI and PNG files according to mesures choosed from the 176 available.
• Version 2: Programmed in 2018. The MaxMSP patch requires the bach library. The measures are choosed and concatenated from a MIDI containing all measures as the original "score".

Remarks

History:

• 2018, May: Release on GitHub. Minor changes to conform Max7.
• 2000: Max version (version 1).
• 1986...: Initial design and programming in GFA Basic (Atari ST).

Disclaimer:

These patches are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas-Artes
Largo da Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes
1249-058 Lisboa, Portugal
http://www.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/

www.sousadias.com