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14 Oct
2025
A Gas at Temperature T: Xenakis and the Physics of Stochastic Music
Iannis Xenakis used probability distributions, Markov processes, and game structures as compositional tools. Pithoprakta maps a Gaussian law derived from kinetic theory to glissando slopes; the orchestra is an analogy to a gas, not a thermodynamic system with measured temperature.
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