The Topos of Music II: Performance - Theory, Software, and Case Studies

This is the second volume of the second edition of the now classic book 'The Topos of Music'. The author explains his theory of musical performance, developed in the language of differential geometry, introducing performance vector fields that generalize tempo and intonation. The author also shows how Rubato, a software platform for composition, analysis, and performance, allows an experimental evaluation of principles of expressive performance theories.