
續譜《第十號交響曲》
In early 2019, Dr. Matthias Röder, the director of the Karajan Institute, an organization in Salzburg, Austria, that promotes music technology, put together a team to complete Beethoven’s 10th Symphony in celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday.
2019年年初,為慶祝貝多芬250歲生日,奧地利薩爾斯堡一個推廣音樂科技的機構「卡拉揚研究所」的所長羅德集結團隊接手完成貝多芬的遺作《第十號交響曲》。
put together=召集;集結in celebration of=為了慶祝...
The team included a composer who was tasked with integrating Beethoven’s uncompleted works with what the AI would generate.
團隊成員包括一名作曲家,他負責把貝多芬未完成的作品和人工智慧生成的旋律給合起來。
be tasked with=被指派某任務integrate A with B=將A與B整合或結合generate(v.)產生;生成
A computational music expert transcribed Beethoven’s sketches and processed his entire body of work so that the AI could be properly trained.
計算音樂學家梳理貝多芬的手稿,對其創作脈絡進行分析處理,以此訓練人工智慧。
transcribe(v.)改編sketch(n.)(v.)(畫)草稿;(畫)素描
A musicologist who had previously finished a number of incomplete works by Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach came together to solve the puzzle.
團隊也找來一名曾譜出莫札特與巴哈遺作的音樂學家協助重組段落。
incomplete(adj.)不完整的;未完成的solve the puzzle=解開謎團
The team analyzed and transcribed the sketches from the 10th Symphony, trying to understand Beethoven’s motives.
該團隊分析並改編《第十號交響曲》的手稿,試圖釐清貝多芬的創作動機。
analyze(v.)分析motive(n.)動機
They attempted to piece together the puzzle of where the fragments of sketches should go.
他們試著拼湊手稿的音樂片段,
attempt to RV=試圖做某事fragment(n.)碎片
They taught the AI how to take a melodic line and harmonize it as well as how to bridge two sections of music together.
並教會人工智慧如何作曲與組成和諧的音符,以及如何銜接兩個段落。
harmonize(v.)使…協調bridge(v.)架橋;縮小·····的差距
In November 2019, they had a pianist performing the scores developed by AI before a group of journalists, music scholars and Beethoven experts.
2019年11月,他們邀請媒體人、音樂學家和專門研究貝多芬的專家當觀眾,並由鋼琴家演奏人工智慧生成的樂譜,
perform(v.)表演
They challenged the audience to determine where Beethoven’s phrases ended and where the AI-generated ones began.
測試觀眾能否辨別貝多芬創作的片段與人工智慧接手作曲的節點,
challenge sb. to N or RV=向某人發起做某事的挑戰
As it turned out, the audience couldn’t tell the difference, which means that the project was a success.
結果大家都沒有發現其中的差異,這意味著該計畫十分成功。
turn out=結果…tell the difference=辨別差異
Over the following 18 months, the team orchestrated two entire movements of more than 20 minutes apiece.
該團隊在接下來的18個月編出了兩篇各超過20分鐘的樂章。
orchestra(n.)管弦樂隊orchestrate(v.)為管弦樂隊改編或創作…