Editing Generative art (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Generative music}}
[[Johann Kirnberger]]'s ''[[Musikalisches Würfelspiel]]'' ("Musical Dice Game") of 1757 is considered an early example of a generative system based on randomness. Dice were used to select musical sequences from a numbered pool of previously composed phrases. This system provided a balance of order and disorder. The structure was based on an element of order on one hand, and disorder on the other.<ref name="Algorithmic">Nierhaus, Gerhard (2009). ''Algorithmic Composition: Paradigms of Automated Music Generation'', pp. 36 & 38n7. {{ISBN|9783211755396}}.</ref>

The [[fugues]] of [[J.S. Bach]] could be considered generative, in that there is a strict underlying process that is followed by the composer.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Tim|title=Fugue 9: E Major. Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1. The Fugue is Generative|url=http://bach.nau.edu/clavier/nature/fugues/Fugue09.html|publisher=NAU.edu|access-date=28 November 2017|date=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123103414/http://bach.nau.edu/clavier/nature/fugues/Fugue09.html|archive-date=23 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, [[serialism]] follows strict procedures which, in some cases, can be set up to generate entire compositions with limited human intervention.<ref>[[Fred Lerdahl|Lerdahl, Fred]]. 1988. "Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems". In ''Generative Processes in Music'', ed. John Sloboda. Oxford University Press. Reprinted in ''Contemporary Music Review'' 6, no. 2 (1992):97–121.</ref><ref>Lerdahl, Fred, and [[Ray Jackendoff]]. 1983. ''A Generative Theory of Tonal Music''. MIT Press.</ref>

Composers such as [[John Cage]],<ref name="Paul">[[Christiane Paul (curator)|Christiane Paul]] ''Digital Art'', Thames & Hudson.</ref>{{rp|13–15}} [[Farmers Manual]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ga-2009-xii-generative-art-conference-politecnico-di-milano-university-italy |title=Generative Art Conference – Politecnico di Milano University, Italy |year=2009}}</ref> and [[Brian Eno]]<ref name="Paul"/>{{rp|133}} have used [[generative systems]] in their works.