Bibliography:AKC Bibliography 0292
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Bumgardner, Jim. Kircher’s Mechanical Composer: A Software Implementation. (2009).
| Name(s) | Bumgardner, Jim |
|---|---|
| Title | Kircher’s Mechanical Composer: A Software Implementation |
| Year | not indicated |
| Language(s) | Eng |
| Bibliographic level | Paper in journal |
| Keyword(s) | Organum mathematicum |
| Digitization | https://tinyurl.com/yc7o7ggd |
Abstract: A description of a working software implementation of Athanasius Kircher’s Musurgia Mechanics: The algorithm the Jesuit Polymath invented for non-musicians to set hymns to music, in four-part polyphonic arrangements. This algorithm was used in two related inventions of Kircher’s, the Arca Musarithmica, and the Organum Mathematicum. The author has created a software program that incorporates data from both devices. This software produces files in the open-standard ABC notation, through which one can produce printed scores and MIDI recordings of 17th century polyphony in great quantity.
