#14 Iannis Xenakis

I liked the fact that Xenakis was one of the first composers to combine mathematics and science to the creation of electronic music. He used this scientific idea to develop a new musical structure. While he used science he also used indeterminacy, however it was not as extreme as Cage. Xenakis also does not agree with Cage and believes that his music was "unscientific". The music that Xenakis created was "stochastic" because it was related to the probability theory. I feel he did this because of his extensive involvement in math and science. Also he feels that this music is a collection of sequences. I liked Xenakis's innovative ideas with music composition and science.