Iamus is a

computer cluster A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have each node set to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The comp ...

(a half-cabinet encased in a custom shell) located at

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. Powered by

Melomics Melomics (derived from "genomics of melodies") is a computational system for the automatic composition of music (with no human intervention), based on bioinspired algorithms. Technological aspects Melomics applies an evolutionary approach t ...

' technology, the composing module of Iamus takes 8 minutes to create a full composition in different musical formats, although the native representation can be obtained by the whole system in less than a second (on average). Iamus only composes full pieces of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

. Iamus' ''Opus one'', created on October 15, 2010 is the first fragment of professional contemporary classical music ever composed by a computer in its own style (rather than attempting to emulate the style of existing composers as was previously done by

David Cope David Cope (born May 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American author, composer, scientist, and former professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). His primary area of research involves artificial intellige ...

). Iamus's first full composition, '' Hello World!'', premiered exactly one year after the creation of ''Opus one'', on October 15, 2011. Four of Iamus's works premiered on July 2, 2012, and were broadcast live from the School of Computer Science at Universidad de Málaga as part of the events included in the

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. The compositions performed at this event were later recorded by the

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

, creating the album ''

Iamus In Greek mythology, Iamus (Ancient Greek: Ἴαμος) was the son of Apollo and Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon, raised by Aepytus. Mythology Evadne loved Apollo and by him she became pregnant, but was shamed by Aepytus for her pregnancy. When ...

'', which ''

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'' reported as the "first complete album to be composed solely by a computer and recorded by human musicians." Commenting on the authenticity of the music, Stephen Smoliar, critic of classical music at ''

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'', commented "What is primary is the act of making the music itself engaged by the performers and how the listener responds to what those performers do... what is most interesting about the documents generated by Iamus is their capacity to challenge the creative talents of performing musicians". Accessed: 10 January 2013.

References

External links

Melomics home page

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Iamus' ''Nasciturus'', performed by Gustavo Diaz-Jerez and Sviatoslav Belonogov

London Symphony Orchestra records ''Transitos II'' for Iamus self-titled album

30 Minute Concert of Iamus' work, in four parts

BBC 'Click' coverage on Iamus' Composing Style

Time Magazine "Finally, a computer which writes classical music without human help"

Melomics Records Youtube Channel
Cluster computing Music technology One-of-a-kind computers Spanish Supercomputing Network