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DRAMA: Read 2.


ATHOL FUGARD	The Township Plays: "No-good Friday", "Nongogo", "The Coat", "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead"

PROSE: Read the Biblical passages
And one or two others.


THE BIBLE
					Old Testament: GENESIS & EXODUS. 
(Revised Standard Version): 		New Testament: MATTHEW, THE ACTS

 
CRANE, STEPHEN				THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

DEFOE, DANIEL				ROBINSON CRUSOE
  
DICKENS, CHARLES			GREAT EXPECTATIONS
  
ELIOT, GRORGE				 MIDDLEMARCH
 
FALKNER, WILLIAM			COLLECTED STORIES, esp. ‘Barn Burning’
 
JAMES, HENRY				WASHGINGTON SQUARE

Or					DAISY MILLER

LAWRENCE, T.E.				THE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM

LEWIS, SINCLAIR				BABBIT

MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET			THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES
 
MC CULLERS, CARSON			THE HEART IS A LONLEY HUNTER

NAIPAUL, V.S. 				MIGUEL STREET

NARAYAN, R.K. 				THE VENDOR OF SWEETS 

PARKER, DOROTHY				THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIESespecially 'The Waltz'

PATON,ALAN				CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY
POE, EDGAR ALLAN			'TALES OF MAYSERY AND IMAGINATION'
in The Complete Stories and Poems                 
Includes 'The Black Cat,' 'The Pit and the Pendulum' etc.

SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT	FRANKENSTEIN


The Story:


The fable of the scientist who creates
a man-monster.The dire and terrifying
consequences of giving it life are beyond his
imagination, as the creature inflicts murder 
onthe human race.

WHITE, PATRICK					VOSS

The Story:

Set in 19th-century Australia, this is the story
of the secret passion between an explorer 
and ayoung orphan.Although they have met 
only a fewtimes, Voss and Laura are joined 
by overwhelming,obsessive feelings for 
each other. The Australianauthor won the 
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. 

 
 




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The Music is the Message¨
(An exhibit at The newMetropolis Center for Science and Technology in Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Algorithmic Soundtrack Creation

using the YAV Music Engineª and Adaptive Musicª




Adaptive Music (tm), a term coined by Christopher Yavelow, relies on a continual feedback loop consisting of a user or users evaluating music generated by seed material provided by themselves (or itself generated). The software incorporates their preferences (opinions, tastes) into subsequent compositions by adapting the models it uses to compose in the future based upon this user feedback. Adaptive Music models are collections of compositional methods, rules, and constraints. The entire learning process allows the software to continually move closer to the ideal composition for an individual or collective group of users.
Christopher Yavelow launched Adaptive Music in an exhibit entitled "The Music is the Message" at Amsterdam's newMetropolis Center for Science and Technology. The software in that kiosk has adapted to thousands of museum visitors since the museum opened in June 1997. 
What you are listening to is a random example of a soundtrack generated by the exhibit at the newMetropolis Center for Science and Technology. Press the button for another random selection.