德米特里·缇姆兹科，1969年出生于美国马萨诸塞州剑桥市，是作曲家和音乐理论家，现执教于普林斯顿大学。他是《音乐几何学》一书的作者。《泰晤士报文学增刊》称这本书为“一项壮举”，《音乐理论在线》则称之为“一个不朽的成就”，而《音乐时代》则认为这本书有可能比肩勋伯格的《和声学教程》一书。缇姆兹科的两张唱片—Beat Therapy及Crackpot Hymnal—由布里奇唱片公司发行。“新音乐盒”杂志给 “节奏疗法”的评价是这张唱片“意蕴深远却极富趣味”；而在“序列曲21”网络社区中对Crackpot Hymnal的评价则是这张唱片热情洋溢……风格多样……编曲生动且铿锵有力”。他的第三张唱片—Rube Goldberg Variations—将于2017年发行。《科学》杂志有史以来刊登的第一篇与音乐理论相关的文章便是出于缇姆兹科之手。他曾获得过一次“罗德奖学金”，一次“古根海姆奖”，还多次获得美国艺术和文学学会、拉德克利夫高等研究所、“坦格尔伍德音乐节”以及美国工业与应用数学学会等机构颁发的其他奖项。他的音乐时常吸收爵士乐及摇滚乐的内容。许多乐团都演奏过他的作品。这些乐团包括“阿美内特四重奏”、“大西洋铜管五重奏”、“布兰塔诺四重奏”、“科里利亚诺四重奏”、“灵活音乐”、“加利旋律”、“格雷格·史密斯歌手”、“伊利诺伊州现代乐团”、“雅努斯三重奏”、“基奇纳-滑铁卢交响乐团”、“新音乐网络”、“新语”乐团、“帕西菲卡四重奏”、“协同声乐乐团”、“第三海岸打击乐四重奏”、“素拉·欧彭斯”等。
Dmitri Tymoczko (b. 1969, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a composer and music theorist who teaches at Princeton University. His book A Geometry of Music (Oxford) has been described as “a tour de force” (The Times Literary Supplement), a “monumental achievement” (Music Theory Online), and, potentially, a modern analogue to Schoenberg’s Harmonielehre (The Musical Times). His two CDs, Beat Therapy (“far reaching yet utterly entertaining,” Newmusicbox) and Crackpot Hymnal (“ebullient … polystylistic … kinetic … vividly orchestrated and vibrantly paced,” Sequenza21), are available from Bridge Records. A third CD, Rube Goldberg Variations, will appear in 2017. The author of the first music-theory article ever published by Science magazine, he has received a Rhodes scholarship, a Guggenheim fellowship, and additional prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Tanglewood, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and others. His music, which often draws on jazz and rock, has been performed and commissioned by groups including the Amernet Quartet, the Atlantic Brass Quintet, the Brentano Quartet, the Corigliano Quartet, Flexible Music, Gallicantus, the Gregg Smith Singers, the Illinois Modern Ensemble, Janus Trio, the Kitchener/Waterloo symphony, Network for New Music, Newspeak, Pacifica Quartet, Synergy Vocal Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion Quartet, and Ursula Oppens.
音乐几何学导读
"Introduction to the Geometry of Music"
摘要：在我的演讲中，我将回顾一下近期的理论进展。这些理论进展使我们能从几何学的角度建立音乐理论模型。我将说明这些更高维度的音乐理论发端于何处。我也将寻找新的方式来呈现这些音乐理论，并展示如何将这些理论应用于分析。我也将分析贝多芬、肖邦以及摇滚乐的案例，以说明相似的原理是如何指导迥然不同的音乐模式。我还将提出一些建议，即如何创造性地将这些音乐理论应用于传统作曲、多媒体游戏及乐器的设计之中。
Abstract: In my talk I will review recent theoretical advances that allow us to model music geometrically. I will explain where these higher-dimensional music-theoretical spaces come from, develop new ways of representing them, and show how they can be used analytically. I will analyze examples from Beethoven to Chopin to rock music, showing how similar principles guide very different musical structures. I will also offer some suggestions about how these spaces can be used creatively, both in traditional composition and in the design of multimedia games and instruments
