Mathematics, Architecture, and the Works of Iannis Xenakis It is undeniable that Iannis Xenakis made use of many different mathematical theories such as the golden section, the Fibinacci series, and stochastic laws, in his music. In this essay, I will show the reader how extensively these principles governed much of his compositional process. I will also present the reader with examples where these different principles and theories are evident in his music. Xenakis was hired at the studio of Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier: Philips Pavilion, Brussels, 1958 Located in a small site next to the Dutch section and away from the center of the fair, the pavilion hosted a futuristic multimedia display featuring images, colored lighting and music and sounds called the "Poème Electronique." Some of the greatest artistic minds of the twentieth century were involved in its creation, including the architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965) and the composer Edgard Varèse (1883-1965). But most importantly, the Philips Pavilion
such sections, and subjective interpretation of temporal and spatial pitch relations. Also called “chance music,” aleatory music has been produced in abundance since 1945 by several composers, the most notable being John Cage, Pierre Boulez, and Iannis Xenakis. Aleatoric (or aleatory) music or composition, is music where some element of the composition is left to chance. The term became known to European composers through the lectures which acoustician Werner Meyer-Eppler held at Darmstadt Summer School