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1、I'IIBeBach【我也能成为巴赫】ComposerDavidCopeistheinventorofacomputerprogramthatwritesoriginalworksofclassicalmusic.IttookCope30yearstodevelopthesoftware.Nowmostpeoplecan'ttellthedifferencebetweenmusicbythefamousGermancomposerJ.S.Bach(1685--1750)andtheBach-likecompositionsfromCope'scomput
2、er.Itallstartedin1980intheUnitedStates,whenCopewastryingtowriteanopera.Hewashavingtroublethinkingofnewmelodies,sohewroteacomputerprogramtocreatethemelodies.Atfirstthismusicwasnoteasytolistento.WhatdidCopedo?Hebegantorethinkhowhumanbeingscomposemusic.Herealizedthatcomposers'brains
3、worklikebigdatabases.First,theytakeinallthemusicthattheyhaveeverheard.Thentheytakeoutthemusicthattheydislike.Finally,theymakenewmusicfromwhatisleft.AccordingtoCope,onlythegreatcomposersareabletocreatethedatabaseaccurately,rememberit,andformnewmusicalpatternsfromit.Copebuiltahuged
4、atabaseofexistingmusic.HebeganwithhundredsofworksbyBach.Thesoftwareanalyzedthedata:itbrokeitdownintosmallerpiecesandlookedforpatterns.Itthencombinedthepiecesintonewpatterns.Beforelong,theprogramcouldcomposeshortBach-likeworks.Theyweren'tgood,butitwasastart.Copeknewhehadmoreworkto
5、do-hehadawholeoperatowrite.Hecontinuedtoimprovethesoftware.Soonitcouldanalyzemorecomplexmusic.Healsoaddedmanyothercomposers,includinghisownwork,tothedatabase.Afewyearslater,Cope'scomputerprogram,called"Emmy",wasreadytohelphimwithopera.Theprocessrequiredalotofcollaborationbetweent
6、hecomposerandEmmy.Copelistenedthecomputer'smusicalideasandusedtheonesthatheliked.WithEmmy,theoperatookonlyweekstofinish.ItwascalledCradleFalling,anditwasagreatsuccess!Copereceivedsomeofbestreviewsofhiscareer,butnooneknewexactlyhowhehadcomposedthework.Sincethatfirstopera,Emmyhaswr
7、ittenthousandsofcompositions.CopestillgivesEmmyfeedbackonwhathelikesanddoesn'tlikeofhermusic,butsheisdoingmostofthehardworkofcomposingthesedays!练习题目+题目背诵:1.ThemusiccomposedbyDavidcopeisabout____.(大卫·科普编写的曲子是关于______)A)classicalmusic(古典音乐)B)popmusicC)dramaD)countrymusic2.Bydevelop
8、ingacomputersoftware,DavidCopeaimed_____