“The Analytical Engine might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine… Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.” ShouldMightActionFoundSoundNumbersPiecesObjectsExpressionDegreesRelationHarmonyFundamentalsMusicalInstanceOperationsAbstractComplexityMutualEnginesMechanismCompositionAdaptationSusceptibleSupposingMutual FundMusical Composition Author:Ada Lovelace
“On the one hand it is said that the aim and object of music is to excite emotions, i.e., pleasurable emotions; on the other hand, the emotions are said to be the subject matter which musical works are intended to illustrate. Both propositions are alike in this, that one is as false as the other.” SaidMatterHandsEmotionSubjectsObjectsMusic IsAimMusicalPropositionsSubject Matter Author:Eduard Hanslick
“Greek is a musical and prolific language, that gives a soul to the objects of sense, and a body to the abstractions of philosophy.” GivingSoulPhilosophyBodyLanguageObjectsMusicalGreekAbstraction Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“My father had a phase of having jukeboxes all over the house. He was a music lover but he was also into musical machinery. Not instruments, he was never interested in playing particularly but there would be these odd objects, like valve amplifiers being dismantled on the kitchen table. My mum wasn't massively keen on that, but it was part of the environment.” Would BeFatherHouseEnvironmentObjectsLoversTablesInstrumentsMusicalOddKitchenMumPhasesMachineryKitchen TableValveMusic LoverAmplifiersJukebox Author:Squarepusher
“If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.” IfsShouldMindHumansBodyPossibilityObjectsHugeComputerInstrumentsMusicalYour BodyRangeDevicesAllowingHuman ExperienceExpressivePrecedentInterfacesMusical Instruments Author:Jaron Lanier