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1、ComposerDavidCopeistheinventorofacomputerprogramthatwritesoriginalworksofclassicalmusic.IttookCope30yearstodevelopthesoftware.Nowmostpeoplecan’ttellthedifferencebetweenmusicbythefamousGermancomposerJ.S.Bach(1685-1750)andtheBach-likecompositionsfromCope'scomputer.Itallstartedin1980in

2、theUnitedStates,whenCopewastryingtowriteanopera.Hewashavingtroublethinkingofnewmelodies,sohewroteacomputerprogramtocreatethemelodies.Atfirstthismusicwasnoteasytolistento.WhatdidCopedo?Hebegantorethinkhowhumanbeingscomposemusic.Herealizedthatcomposers，brainsworkIikebigdatabases.First

3、,theytakeinalIthemusicthattheyhaveeverheard.Thentheytakeoutthemusicthattheydislike.Finally,theymakenewmusicfromwhatisleft.AccordingtoCope,onlythegreatcomposersareabletocreatethedatabaseaccuratelyjememberit,andformnewmusicalpatternsfromit.Copebuiltahugedatabaseofexistingmusic.Hebegan

4、withhundredsofworksbyBach.Thesoftwareanalyzedthedata：itbrokeitdownintosmallerpiecesandIookedforpatterns.11thencombinedthepiecesintonewpatterns.Beforelong,theprogramcouldcomposeshortBach-likeworks.Theyweren'tgood,butitwasastart.Copeknewhehadmoreworktodo-hehadawholeoperatowrite.Hecont

5、inuedtoimprovethesoftware.Soonitcouldanalyzemorecomplexmusic.HeaIsoaddedmanyothercomposers,includinghisownwork,tothedatabase.Afewyearslater，Cope'scomputerprogram,called〃Emmy〃，wasreadytohelphimwithhisopera.TheprocessrequiredaIotofcollaborationbetweenthecomposerandEmmy.Copelistenedtot

6、hecomputer'smusicalideasandusedtheonesthatheliked.WithEmmy,theoperatookonlytwoweekstofinish.11wascalledCradleFalling,anditwasagreatsuccessICopereceivedsomeofthebestrevjewsofhiscareerzbutnooneknewexactlyhowhehadcomposedthework.Sincethatfirstopera,Emmyhaswrittenthousandsofcompositions

7、.CopestillgivesEmmyfeedbackonwhathelikesanddoesn'tlikeofhermusic,butsheisdoingmostofthehardworkofcomposingthesedays!词汇：original/9rid3ena1/adj有独创性的collaboration/kaa'reijsn/n•合作review/ri’vju:/n•评论feedback/'fi:dbn番反馈注释J.S.Bach约翰•塞巴斯蒂安•巴赫（徳语：JohannSebastianBach，1685年3月31円一1750年7月28闩）,巴洛

8、克时期的徳国作ilh家，杰出的管风琴、