J. S. Bach and Artificial Intelligence

Alexander Rehding is a music theorist with a focus on intellectual history and media theory. This has taken his work in a number of different directions, from ancient Greek music to the Eurovision Song Contest—and even into outer space. His research has contributed to Riemannian theory, the history of music theory, sound studies, and media archaeology, reaching into the digital humanities and ecomusicology. Working with the Shelemay Sound Lab at Harvard University, Rehding has particularly explored the interaction of music theory with culture and technology.

Rehding’s teaching and research has focused on 19th-century European concert music, including such issues as nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and cultural transfer; History of Music Theory; Global Music Theory; Historiography and Science & Technology Studies; Aesthetics and Media Theory; Theories of Listening; Digital Humanities, Ecomusicology, Sound Studies, Sound Art, and Timbre Studies.