The Topos of Music II: Performance

Focuses on the theory of expressive performance and its software implementation using Rubato Explains author's theory of musical performance
Second volume of "The Topos of Music"

Prof. Dr. Guerino Mazzola earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Zurich University. He wrote the groundbreaking book The Topos of Music in 2002, its formal language and models are used by leading researchers in Europe, India, Japan, and North America and have become a foundation of music software design. Prof. Mazzola has an appointment as professor in the School of Music at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.
Maria Mannone and Yan Pang are completing their Ph.D. work in the School of Music of the University of Minnesota.
Margaret O'Brien and Nathan Torunsky are undergraduate students in the School of Music of the University of Minnesota.

Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface.- Part VIII Structure Theory of Performance.- Part IX Expressive Semantics.- Part X RUBATO.- Part XI Statistics of Analysis and Performance.- Part XII Inverse Performance Theory.- Part XIII Operationalization of Poiesis.- Part XIV String Quartet Theory.- Part XXIV References and Index.