Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.
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- Notes on the Analytical Engine (1843), Note A; Exact wording and attribution checked. Lovelace’s own original English notes; distinction between general symbolic operations and numerical calculation.
- Notes on the Analytical Engine (1843), Note A
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