Schubert's Impromptu in Eb Major, Op. 90, arr. Minsky Popolov
A computer music performance which transfigures Schubert's Impromptu
using real-time statistical techniques.
The Impromptu itself was prerecorded to disk by piano virtuoso Evelyne Luest.
JMSL software extracts musical statistics ten times a second from Luest’s interpretation.
During the performance, you can create your own statistics,
merging yours with Luest’s to varying degrees.
A virtual piano player interprets the blend of your and Luest’s statistics in real time,
creating a rendition of the Impromptu that shifts between familiar passages and
radical statistical distortions.
IMPORTANT:
Click the "Test MIDI output" button to make sure you hear a piano melody (do not bother with midi input, just click continue after you verify that you can hear the piano)
Check the boxes next to the parameters you want to morph!
Use the Morph Index slider at the bottom to morph between the performance (leftmost position) and your settings (rightmost position)!!!
This was the first JMSL piece ever. I wrote this a kind of test flight, to test the notion of evolving HMSL into the Java programming language (hence JMSL).
Originally I used a native MIDI library to drive an outboard piano module, but now I can offer
this piece as a performable applet using JavaSound MIDI.
So you can deconstruct Schubert’s Impromptu in Eb Major right here in your browser.
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