Open AccessMusings on quantum music: Can quantum music bring us closer to objective beauty?
Author(s) -
Chiara Marletto
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
muzikologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0976
pISSN - 1450-9814
DOI - 10.2298/muz1824123m
Subject(s) - beauty , musicality , quantum , musical , music theory , set (abstract data type) , computer science , cognitive science , theoretical physics , aesthetics , physics , art , psychology , quantum mechanics , visual arts , programming language
Quantum music is an idea to compose music based on a fundamental physical theory, quantum theory. One of the underlying theses of the project is that by merging a deep theory of physics with music one can provide a more interesting musical landscape. An interesting problem opened by quantum music is whether this idea will, or will not, allow one to move closer to objective beauty, if such a thing exists. I will explore what the implications of quantum music are for this issue. Can the marriage of science and art permit the achievement of a richer set of aestetic outputs?