{"id":4375,"date":"2015-06-24T02:37:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T02:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2015-06-27T00:13:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T00:13:59","slug":"variations-minuet-mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/06\/variations-minuet-mozart\/","title":{"rendered":"Variations on a Randomly Generated Minuet and Trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Op. 81 (2015) &#8211; Musical Composition and Video by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><big><big>G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">June 23, 2015<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDOWjsgXoOI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Mr. Stolyarov composes four variations for piano and harpsichord, based on a minuet and trio that were randomly generated &#8211; most likely for the first time &#8211; using the rules in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart&#8217;s Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel (Musical Dice Game, K. 516f).<\/p>\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the pioneers of algorithmic composition. In 1787 he developed his Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel (Musical Dice Game, K. 516f), which could generate unique minuets and trios by associating specific measures with rolls of dice (2 6-sided dice for the minuet, 1 6-sided die for the trio). Following Mozart&#8217;s table of rules, it is possible to generate (11^16)*(6^16) = 66^16 = 129,629,238,163,050,258,624,287,932,416 unique minuet\/trio combinations. This means that any given iteration of the Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel has most likely never been heard before and, if preserved, adds to the available musical variety derived from Mozart&#8217;s compositional technique.<\/p>\n<p>Download the MP3 file of this composition <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_Variations_Minuet_Mozart.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See the rules for the Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel and hear the individual measures in MIDI format <a href=\"http:\/\/sunsite.univie.ac.at\/Mozart\/dice\/rules.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.combib.de\/programme\/musikalischewuerfelspiele.html\">Musikalische W\u00fcrfelspiele<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; a free German-language program by Peter Baumann that can generate full MIDI files for compositions created using the musical dice games of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Philipp Kirnberger.<\/p>\n<p>This composition and video may be freely reproduced using the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike International 4.0 License.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others.<\/p>\n<p>See the index of Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s compositions, all available for free download, <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musikalisches_W%C3%BCrfelspiel\">Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Wikipedia<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sunsite.univie.ac.at\/Mozart\/dice\/\">Mozart&#8217;s Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Page by John Chuang<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendystolyarov.deviantart.com\/art\/Portrait-of-Gennady-Stolyarov-II-452489714\">Portrait of Gennady Stolyarov II<\/a> &#8211; by Wendy Stolyarov<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gstolyarovii.deviantart.com\/art\/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-V-158125645\">Abstract Orderism Fractal 5<\/a> &#8211; G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gstolyarovii.deviantart.com\/art\/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-VII-159731144\">Abstract Orderism Fractal 7<\/a> &#8211; G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gstolyarovii.deviantart.com\/art\/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-48-369705839\">Abstract Orderism Fractal 48<\/a> &#8211; G. Stolyarov II<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gstolyarovii.deviantart.com\/art\/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-66-Floral-Fractal-519016548\">Abstract Orderism Fractal 66 &#8211; Floral Fractal<\/a> &#8211; G. Stolyarov II<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II June 23, 2015 ****************************** Mr. Stolyarov composes four variations for piano and harpsichord, based on a minuet and trio that were randomly generated &#8211; most likely for the first time &#8211; using the rules in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart&#8217;s Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel (Musical Dice Game, K. 516f). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the pioneers of algorithmic composition. In 1787 he developed his Musikalisches W\u00fcrfelspiel (Musical Dice Game, K. 516f), which could generate unique minuets and trios by associating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/06\/variations-minuet-mozart\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[292,9],"tags":[4134,4142,274,277,288,281,282,164,40,1958,287,1313,1160,280,4144,4145,2019,4143,2020,4146],"class_list":["post-4375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics","category-music","tag-algorithm","tag-algorithmic","tag-classical-music","tag-composition","tag-creative-commons","tag-download","tag-downloadable","tag-free","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-harpsichord","tag-major","tag-minuet","tag-mozart","tag-mp3","tag-musical-dice-game","tag-musikalisches-wurfelspiel","tag-theme","tag-trio","tag-variations","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}