Guerino Mazzola

Guerino Mazzola ( born February 2, 1947 in Uster) is a Swiss mathematician, musicologist, jazz pianist and author.

Life

Mazzola studied from 1966 to 1971 at the University of Zurich mathematics, crystallography and theoretical physics. He received his doctorate in mathematics in 1971 at Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, was then a post-doc in Paris and Rome and in 1980 qualified as a professor in algebraic geometry and representation theory. In 2000, he was honored with the medal of the Mexican Mathematics Society. In addition, he completed his habilitation in 2003 in Scientific Computing, also at the University of Zurich, having previously been eg Composer software was developed ( Presto). Currently, Mazzola professor at the School of Music at the University of Minnesota. He was among others also a visiting professor at the École normale supérieure.

Mazzola had as a child classical piano lessons and attended from 1961 to 1964, the (first, only with short-term ) Jazz School in Zurich. From the 1970s, he also appeared as a jazz pianist. He has recorded several CDs with free jazz musicians like Mat Maneri, Heinz Geisser, Sirone, Jeff Kaiser, Scott Fields, Matt Turner and Rob Brown.

In his classic work, The Topos of Music Mazzola uses complex mathematical concepts such as the concept of topos theory to musicology. His remarks are controversial among mathematicians and musicologists. His book geometry of the tones gives an introduction to the mathematical theory of music.

Bibliography

  • Geometry of the tones. Birkhäuser (1990 ) ISBN 3-7643-2353-1.
  • The Topos of Music, Geometric Logic of Concepts, Theory, and Performance. Birkhäuser (2002) ISBN 3-7643-5731-2.
  • ( with Gérard Milmeister and Jody Weissmann ) Comprehensive Mathematics for Computer Scientists I & II here and errata here
  • Elements of music computer science. Birkhäuser (2006) ISBN 3-7643-7745-3.
  • La vérité du beau dans la musique. Delatour / IRCAM (2007) ISBN 2-7521-0029-9.
  • ( with Paul Cherlin ) Flow, Gesture and Spaces in Free Jazz Towards a Theory of Collaboration. Springer (2009) ISBN 978-3-540-92194-3.
  • Musical Performance: A Comprehensive Approach: Theory, Analytical Tools, and Case Studies. Springer (2011) ISBN 978-3-642-11837-1.

Journal articles

  • Guerino Mazzola and Ernst Hunziker Beauty is a question of symmetry in: Prisma - The Swiss monthly magazine, 1 /2 ( Jan. / Feb) 1980, p 45-51

(First popular science presentation of the topological dimension of music after the release of Mazzola 's dissertation. )

  • Mathematical theory of music. Status quo 1990 DMV Annual Report, Vol 93, 1991, pp. 6-29.

Discography

  • Mazzola / Piano Solo: Kelvin zero, OMP Records 1001 LP
  • Mazzola / Piano Solo Akroasis, Wergo SM 1024 LP ( "Beethoven 's Hammerklavier Sonata in rotation ( for Cecil Taylor) " )
  • Mazzola / Moor / Sollberger: From the ambush, OMP Records 1002 LP
  • Q4 Orchestra: Lyons ' Brood, Creative Works Records CW 1018 CD
  • Q4 Orchestra: Yavap, Creative Works CW 1028 CD
  • Rissi - Geisser Mazzola: Fuego, Creative Works CW 1029 CD
  • Brown - Geisser Mazzola orbit, Music & Arts CD -1015 CD
  • Mazzola - Geisser: Toni's Delight, Cadence Jazz Records 1090 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Fields / Turner: Maze, Quixotic Records 5002 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Fields / Maneri: Heliopolis, Cadence Jazz Records 1122 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser: Folia Silkheart, Silkheart Records SHCD 153 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Rissi: Tierra, Cadence Jazz Records 1130 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Rissi: Agua, Cadence Jazz Records, 1150 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser: Someday, Silkheart 154 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Fields / Maneri: Chronotomy, Black Saint 120173-2 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Rissi: Heraclitus, Ayler Records aylDL -069 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Rissi: Aire, Cadence Jazz Records 1130 CD
  • Mazzola / Geisser / Kaiser / Sirone Liquid Bridges CD in Springer book Flow, Gesture, and Spaces
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