Table of Contents 1. The logical structure of a generative musical Overview of a research project. 2. On problems of a performance model for music ("performance" taken in the sense of Chomsky) 3. A methodological study of computer music composition 4. Introduction to a generative theory of music (1972), in two (1) On musical strategies seen from a generative theory of music, and (2) Progress report on "The logical structure of a generative grammar for music" 5. On the path to a theory of musical problem solving 6. Two approaches to an explicit model of musical problem solving.0820473952
This is a book on cognitive musicology focused on the mental processes of composers and musicians. The author conceptualizes these processes with the aid of Chomsky's writing on grammar and P. Schaeffer's "Objets Musicaux", as well as his experience as an algorithmic composer. As a whole, the book is referred to as Laske's Utrechter Schriften, Utrecht Writings (1970-1974) which are viewed as the foundation of Laske's cognitive musicology project. See also Jerry Tabor, Greenwood Press, 1999, "Otto Navigating new musical horizons".