Donald P. Pazel

Donald P. Pazel is a computer scientist and software engineer who has worked on a wide diversity of software projects. He was a member of the computer music research team in the Mathematics Department at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center in New York. That work focused on MIDI-based composition software and real-time music modification. Various prototypes were developed during his time there, e.g., MusicSketcher, a prototype application that demonstrated a wide range of music transformational...See more

Donald P. Pazel is a computer scientist and software engineer who has worked on a wide diversity of software projects. He was a member of the computer music research team in the Mathematics Department at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center in New York. That work focused on MIDI-based composition software and real-time music modification. Various prototypes were developed during his time there, e.g., MusicSketcher, a prototype application that demonstrated a wide range of music transformational capability. He is also a musician with long-time experience in composition and piano performance. In this book, he develops music theory software based on his music experiences and knowledge of object-oriented and algorithmic programming in Python. See less